Which of the following illustrates the Rational Choice model to explain the division of housework?
a. Girls identify with their mothers. Boys identify with their fathers. Both carry this identification into their adult roles.
b. Toy kitchens and baby dolls are marketed to girls who are socialized into assuming housewife roles.
c. Men can make the most wages in paid work. Women are more skilled in housework. Traditional roles, therefore, are the most efficient.
d. When boys and girls play house, they are likely to model themselves after their adult models or media images.
c
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a. the ability to see the world from one's perspective b. the ability to create one's world through one's imagination c. the ability to connect individual experiences to the larger society d. the ability to disconnect the larger society from one's individual's experience
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A) Mexican Americans are highly familistic. B) Patriarchy is characteristic of the Chicano family. C) authoritarian child rearing D) all of the above
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What will be an ideal response?
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a. improved environmental factors b. improved lifestyle c. higher rates of exercise d. lower obesity levels