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    specific sex are called gender roles. Depending on the different cultures and traditions that each family follows will depend on how gender roles vary. There is a cliché regarding gender roles which depicts women as the caregivers and men as the breadwinners‚ but I feel like this is an old-fashioned concept and not at all the way things work in my family and life these days. So‚ through these pictures of my family and friends I’m going to point out the ways I feel about how traditional gender roles

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    effect for decades. However the feminist movement in the 1960’s established resurrection by studying gender issues‚ which highlighted that inequalities towards women have been in place in the social system of society as men are considered to be the breadwinners and women‚ should be housewives and mothers. (http://www.msu.edu/user/yarbrou7/) . Cultural inequalities consisted of women not being able to vote‚ achieve a higher level education and have the ability to own their own property

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    families that still exist with both parents in the household. Even though the families may seem to be the ideal family‚ there are still some economical changes to this family. The ideal family perceives the male as the breadwinner and head of the household. The head of household and breadwinner role has changed now to a more equal or vice versa.

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    Family can be defined as a basic unit of society that normally consist of parents living within the same dwelling as their children. Across the world there are many different family types and family dynamics including but are not limited to‚ married couples‚ single parent households‚ and LGBTQ+ families. The video Two American Families- PBS follows two different families from Milwaukee Wisconsin are throughout their lives to depict how their families had to change and adapt to overcome problems they

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    family diversity. They hold the view that there is only one correct or normal family type. They see the traditional patriarchal nuclear family consisting of a married couple and their dependent children‚ with a clear labour division between the breadwinner husband and the home maker wife as correct. They also see a clear distinction between who should carry out the ‘instrumental’ and ‘expressive’ role in the household. For example‚ according to Talcott Parsons there is a ‘functional fit’ between the

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    Sociology of the family. In this essay the sociology of the family will be discussed. In 1949 George Peter Murdock who was a functionalist studies a social structure. While looking at range of societies‚ almost 250 of them‚ ranging from hunting family’s to families of a larger scale. He believed that there was some form of family that appeared in every society and with the evidence that he gathered concluded that the family is universal. Murdock defined the family as follows‚ the family is a social

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    What is meant by identity? Firstly this essay is going to explore what is meant by identity. Identity is made up of individual characteristics by which a person is known. Internal factors such as physical appearance‚ personality‚ mental ability and sex would have an affect on a person’s identity. Then there are the external factors such as family‚ class‚ religion‚ culture‚ occupation and nationality which would influence one’s identity. Then‚ even beyond all these personal and social structures‚

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    each of their own leading gender role responsibilities in modern families? Some statistics show that times have now changed in spite of the man’s perception of women being stay at home mothers to their children. In addition‚ women can also be the breadwinner in their families rather than the father going to work. In fact‚ traditional families in contrast with modern families have exponentially changed as time has passed. To better understand the context of this paper I will discuss the differences and

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    now being challenged. Fathers are now taking on a more active role in their child’s life by allowing their wives to peruse her career goals while they stay at home with the children. Women are now left with the task of being the family’s primary breadwinners. As both step outside their expected gender roles the challenge of gender stereotypes found in families have been questioned. The option of becoming a stay-at-home dad normally come up when a couple decides to have children. While most men

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    that a good father is more than just a man with a successful career. What makes a father a good father? Handsome? Good social skills? Rich? Kind? There are a few characteristics of a good father. A good father should be a stable breadwinner. As a stable breadwinner‚ he must be able to provide for the family basic needs such as shelter‚ food‚ and clothes. These basic needs are vital for the family. They ensure that the family leads a good and healthy life. A good father also has to be willing to

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