Why have the experiences of female immigrants been much less recorded and accessible?

What will be an ideal response?


Answers will vary but may note that the system of knowledge production within the academy has played a role because topic of "women" hasn't "belonged" to any one place. Many immigrant women came from cultures with strong patriarchal traditions. Thus, they had much less access to leadership roles, education, and prestigious, high-paying occupations. As is the case with women of virtually all minority groups, the voices of immigrant women have been muted. The research that has been done, however, shows that immigrant women played multiple roles both during immigration and during the assimilation process. As would be expected in patriarchal societies, the roles of wife and mother were central, but immigrant women were involved in myriad other activities as well.

Sociology

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In a large majority of divorces, women's standards of living go down while men's standards of living go up. Briefly, why is this?

What will be an ideal response?

Sociology

Disposition research shows that roughly 50 percent of all juvenile cases are __________

(dismissed Fill in the blanks with correct word

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___________, the primary male hormone, has been shown to have a hormonal cycle and has been linked to violence, aggression, and changes in cognitive functioning. One study shows that men’s testosterone levels decrease when they become fathers, which may increase their nurturing tendencies.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

Sociology

According to the _________ approach to child rearing, misbehavior results from the child’s feeling discouraged or insecure about his or her place in the family

a. attachment b. socioteleological c. developmental-maturational d. parent effectiveness training

Sociology