SOC352H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Devaluation, Nuclear Family, Separate Spheres
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Care includes feelings of concern, responsibility and affection, as well as the work of attending to a person"s needs. Caregiving (caring): feelings of affection and responsibility combined with actions that provide responsively for an individual"s personal needs or well-being, in a face-to-face relationship. Caregiving includes physical care, emotional care, and providing direct services. Caring and gender need to be examined together because these commonsense beliefs about women, men and caring undermine care and contribute to gender inequality. The natural perspective explains that caring comes from inside an individual. Normal females have the hormones of instincts that make them good providers of hands on physical and emotional care. Natural explanations are usually linked to an explanation why the self-sufficient nuclear family is thr ideal sire of caregiving. Explores how ideals and practices of caregiving are shaped by social experiences throughout the life cycle.
