a) Explain what is meant by the 'neo-conventional family' (2 marks) Chester describes the neo-conventional family as a dual-earner family, in which both souses go to work. It is similar to Young and Willmott's idea of the symmetrical family. b) Explain the difference between 'expressive' and 'instrumental' roles. (4 marks) Expressive - 'homemaker', usually the female's role as it is more caring and nurturing and stating that they should stay at home and be a housewife and not go to work.
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HIS/226 April 06, 2014 Michelle O’Malley I am Giovanni (John) Pilutti this is the story of my family and descendants. I was born on February 16, 1892, in Rivignano, Udine, Italy and Louisa Muzzini who later became my wife and was born on March 22, 1897, near the same place. This is the story of my life’s journey, and how I ended up coming to America. Through hardships and sacrifice our family had a dream of going to America and making a better life for our children, and so the story begins
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Beneatha In reading the play “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry, one can almost get the feeling they were there in Chicago in the 1950’s. The Younger’s are an African-American family whom live in a small, dilapidated two-bedroom apartment in Chicago’s south side. The play opens up with the struggling Younger family barely making it through life, but then surprisingly find out they are receiving a life insurance policy from their father; whom previously passed. The inheritance left behind by their
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Aryee and Luk (1996) found out that women tend to support family at the expense of work. It reveals that women are bearing more stresses from work and family. Consequently, women need to bear more stress than men and it might affect their standard of living. Besides having intensive life, another issue related to married females going out to work is that the companies’ efficiency maybe decreased. Kanter (1977) observes that work and family cannot be considered as separate entities. That means the
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“Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?” In the movie “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner”, Johanna (Joey) and John boarded an airplane from Hawaii to San Francisco. Joanna comes from a background of a Caucasian wealthy family and John comes from a background of an African –American working class family. Joanna is a classy, sophisticated colleague who met Dr. John Prentice who was holding a lecture at Hawaii University and was attending a party at the Deans. At the beginning of the movie, Johanna and John
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the play transitions into different scenes, Cookie, her family, and other Hurt Village residents sing nursery rhymes and rhymes to show their deprivation. These songs are a big part of the understanding of the play. Hurt Village did a phenomenal job in presenting the struggles of the black community in the projects everywhere, not just Hurt Village. The struggles that the families face in Hurt Village face are a reality for many black families in the projects. Drugs, poverty, and crime seem to be the
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According to the beneficiaries of 4P’s whom I interviewed, they are grateful with the program of the government. For every poor Filipino family, three of their children receive three hundred pesos (P300.00) each while their mother receives an amount of five hundred pesos (P500.00) every month. The amount received by the children is used to pay the fees in the school, used to buy notebooks, ball pen, paper, projects, and other school needs. On the other hand, the amount received by the parent is used
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parents to “make something of themselves” in a positive light, I do not. Perhaps I am subconsciously trying to rebel, or perhaps I am just going through a biological phase in my life, however I want nothing more than to have a modest job and then have a family. While having a child before you were twenty was the norm forty years ago, we are now told to wait until we are approaching thirty. We are told not to depend on men. I suppose the issue I have with this, is that society still dictates when and what
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available to full and part time employees upon their completion of thirty days. Employees will receive medical benefits/Dental provided by Cigna health plan. Data Space will cover the entire cost of the employee and up to fifty percent of the cost for family. Employees will pay their portion of cost through a pretax deduction on their pay period. Employees will also have the option to pay for additional coverage for short term and long term disability through Prudential, the AFLAC option proved to be
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The Welfare Reform Act was signed into law by President Bill Clinton on August22; 1996. Other government assisted programs with different guidelines were replaced by The Welfare Reform Act. The eligibility guidelines for The Welfare Reform Act were somewhat stricter than other government assisted programs that made it more difficult for some individuals to qualify. A reduction in welfare fraud has been achieved through The Welfare Reform Act that is due to the responsibility the individual
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