Using examples from Gittins, describe the relationship between gender and age in determining the allocation of work within a society. Then, provide an example from your own life demonstrating how gender and/or age impacted your understanding of family.
What will be an ideal response?
May include the following:
a. Although gender is ascribed in all societies, very few jobs are performed solely by men or women and are instead allocated through a combination or gender and age.
b. Young men may hunt, while old men and women may care for children.
c. Young men and women may work in fields, while old women prepare food.
d. Eldest daughters often take responsibility for younger siblings, whereas sons tend to have more free time for playing and socializing
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Which factors influence the mobilization of power by members of a social class?
a. voting b. organizations that can lobby c. influence channels d. b and c above e. all of the above
The U.S. Census Bureau projects that early in the next century, crude death rates will equal crude birthrates for the world's more developed countries
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Compare and contrast hunting-gathering societies to those that were horticultural/agrarian with respect to family structure and relationships, and the degree of social inequality.
What will be an ideal response?