Exam 11: Work and Family

Wives are sometimes seen as organized and energetic superwomen who have few needs of their own, requiring little from their husbands, and congratulating themselves on how much they can accomplish. This thinking reflects what the text refers to as a

The text reports that "the housewife," a woman who views her adult role as one devoted to the home, while she remains economically dependent on the earnings of her husband, the breadwinner, has __________.

How a couple allocates paid and unpaid work and then justifies that allocation can be thought of as a __________, a way of working through everyday situations based on each person's beliefs and deep feelings about gender roles.

The text points out that virtually all research and other writings on the subject suggest that today's typical American family is

Employees who are allowed some flexibility in deciding when to begin and end work report all EXCEPT which of the following benefits?

Women who worked full time in 2008 earned __________ cents for every dollar earned by men.

Policy researchers define child care as the full time education and care of children under age __________, and care before and after school for older children.

Only since the Industrial Revolution has working been considered separate from family living, and only since then have the concepts of __________ emerged.

__________ involves flexible starting and ending times with required core hours.