Question 1

The COVID-19 pandemic has seen women's employment levels at the lowest they have been in thirty years.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Discuss the gendered "differences" between paid and unpaid work.

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Question 3

According to Olivia Harris, the degree to which housework is oppressive and burdensome is heavily influenced by income level and ________

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A)  the number of children in the household. 
B)  marriage vs common-law. 
C)  the various forms of cooperation and collectivity between households. 
D)  the addition of participation in the paid work force. 
E)  the number of elders in the household.

Question 4

What did academic studies on the division of domestic work find in terms of time spent in paid and unpaid work?

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Question 5

As men have increasingly come to appreciate the importance of work-family balance, men now contribute more time to housework as compared to women.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The gender wage gap for women workers in Canada varies from women earning _____ cents for every dollar earned by men to _____ cents for every dollar earned by men, depending upon how it's calculated.

Accepted Answer

A)  69.7; 88 
B)  80; 85 
C)  85.0; 90 
D)  69.7; 99 
E)  89.7; 99

Question 7

Unpaid work in Canada is ________

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A)  largely visible, yet unnoticed. 
B)  easily measured by Statistics Canada. 
C)  invisible, unnoticed, and difficult to measure. 
D)  heavily recognized and supported by the government. 
E)  equal among men and women.

Question 8

Discuss the patterns identified in the 2018 ILO report Care Work and Care Jobs related to global trends in unpaid work.

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Question 9

What are the three key changes that Doucet identifies in her updated research on fathering practices?

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Question 10

Describe the different dynamics evident in families today compared to the traditional heterosexual families of the past.

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Question 11

Andrea Doucet uses the term "community responsibility" to refer to ________

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A)  the extra-domestic, community-based responsibility for children. 
B)  the volunteering responsibility of community members. 
C)  the cleaning and caring of a community by its members. 
D)  a government's support to unpaid workers. 
E)  the community-based responsibility for elders.

Question 12

What is meant by the term "gender divisions of labour"?

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Exam 9: Families, Paid and Unpaid Work: Connecting Households, Workplaces, State Polices, and Communities