Exam 15: Families

Because gender inequality exists in non-capitalist (including pre-capitalist) societies, most feminists believe that something other than, or in addition to, capitalism accounts for gender inequality.

Ashley is excitedly planning her wedding, but the details are complicated.She's struggling with the decision of who should walk her down the aisle-her dad, or her step-father who has raised her since she was nine years old.What is Ashley experiencing?

Today, women and men make approximately equal contributions in unpaid household labour.

According to the textbook's analysis of family sitcoms on television from the 1950s to today, what is the main conclusion?

Kyle and Ashley are married with one child, and both work full-time at a medical practice they share with three other doctors.What type of family is exemplified here?

To which of the following do researchers attribute the high cohabitation rates found in Quebec?

How do zero-child families feel they are usually portrayed by society in general?

What was the first country in the world to legalize marriage between people of the same sex?

Discuss the research on same-sex couples, with and without children, and how they compare with heterosexual families on issues like marital satisfaction, child adjustment, and so on.

According to Friedrich Engels, the only way to end gender inequality is to abolish religion.

Trends in marriage, divorce, and childbearing in Canada show a gradual weakening of the nuclear family form in the second half of the 1800s until the mid-1940s, and then continued weakening after the 1950s.What does this phenomenon imply with regard to the immediate post-World War II period?

Swedish children are better off on most measures of well-being than children in the United States.Which of the following is an explanation for the disparity in wellness scores?

Mario and Francesca, both artists who work from a home studio, do not believe in marriage but live together and have two children together.What kind of family is exemplified here?

Lisbet has done a lot of research and argues with her classmates that gender inequality predates capitalism.Which theoretical perspective are her views in line with?

Most North Americans believe that marriage ought to be based on demographic and compositional factors.

Friedrich Engels maintained that once men began to build up a concentration of wealth, they became concerned with how to pass that wealth on to their legitimate sons.What did Engels believe to be the only way men could safely pass their wealth on to their sons?

Wilbur, a staunch Marxist, agrees with Engels about how society must change to usher in gender equality.What does he believe must be eliminated in order to bring about this revolution?

What did the 2011 census record in regard to same-sex couple households in Canada?