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Mrs. Afaf Stevens

Mrs. Afaf Stevens. Soci 4999 Women and Social Change Lecture 1. Textbook Overview. Textbook Overview. Chapter 2 W & SC in America- Gender Roles the Family & the Household – Part 1a. Chapter 2 W & SC in America- Gender Roles the Family & the Household – Part 1a. Assumptions

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Mrs. Afaf Stevens

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  1. Mrs. Afaf Stevens Soci 4999 Women and Social Change Lecture 1

  2. Textbook Overview

  3. Textbook Overview

  4. Chapter 2 W & SC in America- Gender Roles the Family & the Household – Part 1a

  5. Chapter 2 W & SC in America- Gender Roles the Family & the Household – Part 1a • Assumptions • Predominant Household Structure Consists of a Nuclear Family: Husband, Wife and 2 or 3 Children –an Idealized Traditional Stereotype of Western Industrialized Society. • Concept of Headship: Man is the head, breadwinner, financial supporter, decision-maker, & independent

  6. Chapter 2 W & SC in America- Gender Roles the Family & the Household – Part 1a • Refutation of Assumptions • In Rural Contexts, women are primarily income-earners • Frequently women counted as heads of the household • Consequently in data-collection women’s agricultural participation becomes invisible

  7. Chapter 2 W & SC in America- Gender Roles the Family & the Household – Part 1b

  8. Chapter 2 W & SC in America- Gender Roles the Family & the Household – Part 1c

  9. Chapter 2 W & SC in America- Gender Roles the Family & the Household – Part 1d

  10. Chapter 2 W & SC in America- Gender Roles the Family & the Household – Part 2a • Women and Men have different position within the household and different control over resources • They play different roles in society • Men and Women have different needs • Women and men have different goals: • Women, emancipation, equality and equity within socioeconomic and political arenas • It is crucial to disaggregate households and families on the basis of gender when defining planning needs.

  11. Chapter 2 W & SC in America- Gender Roles the Family & the Household – Part 2b

  12. Chapter 2 W & SC in America- Gender Roles the Family & the Household – Part 2c • Female Invisible Labor / Domestic / Inside the Home • Childbearing and Child Rearing • Household Management & Supplementary- Income labor • Community Management / Voluntary - Work

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