Explain the “relative resource” model and how it explains the division of domestic labor among heterosexual families. Did Carrington also find this for lesbigay families? What would Carrington like to specify about this model and other resource theories?
What will be an ideal response?
May include the following:
a. Relative resource model: the person with less earning potential or less occupation prestige picks up a disproportionate share of domestic labor.
b. This was also seen in Carrington’s study of lesbigay families.
c. This view reduces our understanding of domesticity to simply its most unpleasant aspects and conceals its attractive and sometimes desirables traits.
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a. exogamy b. egalitarianism c. heterogamy d. endogamy
An experiment in which two congressional candidates' credentials were presented to a sample of respondents found that Republican respondents were least likely to say they would vote for a a. father with young children
b. mother with young children. c. woman without children. d. man without children.
Purity Balls are events in which:
A) participants pledge to discourage homosexuality and commit to the cause of keeping marriage as a union between a man and a woman. B) fathers pledge that they will be faithful to their wives and daughters pledge that they will remain virgins until marriage. C) participants pledge to promote radical feminism and encourage hedonistic practices. D) pledgers take an oath of life-long celibacy.
Which of the following is NOT one of the main sections of most research papers in the behavioral and social sciences?
A) Case Report B) Introduction C) Methods D) Discussion