Compare Blair-Loy’s two schemas of devotion and explain how they are influential in shaping the work and family lives of women in financial careers.

What will be an ideal response?


May include the following:
a. devotion to work: long hours, sacrifice of time and energy, shaping sense of duty and dedication to one’s workplace.
b. devotion to family: marriage and motherhood as women’s primary vocation, time and commitment to children to be prioritized over all other responsibilities.
c. tug of war/double bind as both demand all a woman’s time and attention.

Sociology

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The most advanced civilizations prior to the age of exploration were in all of the following regions EXCEPT:

a. central Asia b. central Africa c. central America d. Australia

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Which of these drives the development of “generation gaps” in society?

A. Rising fuel prices B. Integration of markets C. Technological advancements

Sociology

Theorists like Comte who had an optimistic eye toward the future are often criticized because they tended to assume a societal evolution occurs that inevitably involves progress, not regression. Is this an especially accurate critique given what happened during the 20th century? How could this regression during the last century relate to Comte’s ideas about order?

What will be an ideal response?

Sociology