Exam 11: Marriage, Work, and Economics

Employed women have ________ compared to nonemployed homemakers.

The husband's traditional role as _______ has been his most fundamental role in marriage.

African Americans are less likely to divide household tasks along gender lines than Caucasians.

In accounting for the lack of utilization of workplace policies, Hochschild considered a variety of explanations, including the following questions, except 

What is cited as the primary reason that women's employment has increased?

In order to look after sick children, for example, allowances are made in the American workplace for flexibility in the following except

Work-family tensions seem to be greater on mothers than on fathers.

A father deciding whether he should attend his son's Little League game or e work overtime is an example of

Which couples have the least equitable division of household labor?

Some working women do not insist on husbands' equal participation in housework because they don't believe their husbands are competent.

Nonemployed women are physically healthier than employed women.

Families that function as economic partnerships dependent on the efforts of both husband and wife are known as

Men tend to see their role in housekeeping or childcare as

Define "shift couples," and identify how shift work affects family life.

Define sexual harassment, and identify and define the two types of harassment. What are the effects of sexual harassment on victims?

The process and responsibility for worrying about children is called

The "traditional" division of labor involves

In two-parent families, we find that

Which group is least likely to divide family roles along stereotypical gender lines?

Couples in which spouses work different, often nonoverlapping shifts so that one partner is home while the other is at work are called _____ couples.