uses lack of citizenship as leverage to get what she wants‚ highlighting the inequality of their residency status. Without legal protection‚ immigrants like Flora depend on their employers for security and protection and are vulnerable to abuse (Hochschild‚ 104). Another example of the abuse of power is the husband’s relationship with Flora. He see’s Flora as a sexual object and justifies taking advantage of her because of his pre-conceived notion of her as inferior as a woman of color and lower status
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Arlie Russell Hochschild is a Professor of Sociology at the University of California‚ Berkeley. Hochschild’s interests of research are in the impact of contemporary capitalism on everyday life. In the essay she wrote‚ “From the Frying Pan into the Fire”‚ Hochschild argues the growing emphasis on efficiency is affecting our lives. We have allowed the idea of workplace efficiency to infiltrate within the home life‚ in significant and negative ways. Hochschild’s study of the influence of efficiency
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In the article‚ The Second Shift‚ Arlie Hochschild explains that the household responsibilities that a wife and mother takes care of‚ aside from working her paid job‚ roughly adds up to fifteen hours longer each week than men( Hochschild‚ 259). The article asserts that even though both parents have careers‚ it’s usually the mom who also works the second shift at home. The second shift included household chores in addition of working outside the home (Hochschild‚ 260). One reason why women feel the
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In his car‚ traversing through his hometown of Westlake‚ Louisiana‚ Mayor Hardey has implemented all of the policies that a Republican could ask for: he has invested immense amounts of money towards foreign oil companies like Sasol‚ he did not implement heavy taxes‚ he has worked towards deregulation of these oil companies‚ and as a result‚ he was worked towards the expansion of industry‚ in hopes for a promise that their town and their State as whole‚ will become prosperous and wealthy. Despite
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Division of labor in a Household The division of labor in the household hold depends on the environment. Society creates gender ideology that affects the roles women and men take on in the household. In The Second Shift by Arlie Russell‚ she states three different ideologies of gender. There is the traditional‚ transitional and egalitarian ideology that determines what sphere men and women want to identify with‚ home sphere or work sphere. However‚ it depends what kind on the time period and society
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control of a person’s feeling in order to display the appropriate emotions to others in different situations (Hochschild‚ 1983: Pg.7). In other words‚ a person has to put aside his or her own feelings and shows the right emotions in the right place at the right time. This concept can be applied to many aspects of our daily life and when used in terms of it being sold for a wage‚ Hochschild (1983) define it as emotional labour. By focusing on the service industries‚ this essay will discuss Hochschild’s
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Cited: Clinton‚ Bill. “Why I signed the Medical and Family Leave Act.” Politico Pro. May. 1998. Hesse-Biber‚ Sharlene Nagy. Working Women in America Split Dreams. New York‚ Oxford: Oxford University Press‚ 2005. Hochschild‚ Arlie. The Second Shift. New York: Penguin Press‚ 2003. STEPHENS-ROMERO‚ JENNIE. "THE CAL FED CONTROVERSY: Distinguishing California ’s Pregnancy Leave Law And The Family And Medical Leave Act." California Legal History 7.(2012): 469-493. America:
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Antoinette Johnson English 100 Prof. Horna October 3‚ 2012 In the essay “The second shift”‚ by Arlie Hochschild‚ he explains how the wives of two-job families with small children typically work an extra 24-hour day in a year‚ between the pages 145(bottom) and 148(top). I agree with Hochschild’s determination because once women come home from first shift‚ they go straight into second shift. Whereas men come home from first shift‚
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Vicky AdamsE) Using material from item B and elsewhere asses the view that it no longer makes sense to talk about the patriarchal family. In the 19th century families were considered to be patriarchal. Patriarchy is a male dominated household/society. However in today’s society‚ some sociologist’s would argue that this is no longer true‚ but other sociologist’s state the patriarchal family still exists. Item B states that the husband ‘was often the sole breadwinner’ however this is now not the
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Seeing Straight: An Introduction to Gender and Sexual Privilege‚ offers great insight into the varying arguments of traditional marriage‚ marriage equality‚ those who are against marriage‚ sexual relationships‚ gender‚ and domestic divisions of labor. These topics are relative in nature and‚ in most cases‚ overlap one another. To provide a thorough answer to Essay Questions No’s 1 and 3‚ I have taken the liberty to answer both questions in this one single paper; to illustrate the arguments pertaining
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