Chapter 11

Family work is devalued in comparison to paid work because it:

is unpaid

The effect of work on other aspects of our lives is known as:

work spillover

When the demands attached to any particular status are contradictory or incompatible we experience

role strain

When mothers and fathers feel they have or spend too little time with their children, life satisfaction is:

significantly reduced for mothers but not for fathers

The 'traditional" division of labor involves:

work roles that are gendered and complementary

Beliefs about what women and men ought to do is referred to as a:

gender ideology

The husband's traditional role as _______ has been his most fundamental role in marriage.

provider

A father deciding whether he should attend his son's Little League game or whether he should work overtime is an example of:

role conflict

Men tend to see their role in housekeeping or child care as:

"helping their partner"

What percentage of women who work while pregnant stay at home for the entire first year after motherhood?

20%

Families that function as economic partnerships dependent on the efforts of both husband and wife are known as:

co-provider families

Employed women have__________compared to nonemployed homemakers.

better mental health

Emotion work is primarily done by:

women

When looking at fathers' involvement with children, we find that:

fathers spend more time in play with sons than with daughters

When someone acts in sexual ways so as to interfere with another person's job performance it is called:

a hostile environment

The greatest social needs in dual-earner marriages include which of the following?

providing adequate child care facilities for working parents

A less common reason men give for staying at home is:

a desire to take care of the home and their family

Earnings are about____________higher in traditionally male occupations than in predominately female integrated occupations.

30-50%

Hochschild has found that when companies offered family friendly policies that

employees did not use them

Coping resources in dealing with unemployment include which of the following?

defining the meaning of the problem

The division of family roles along stereotypical gender lines does not vary by race or class.

False

Not having enough time with one's spouse is more distressing for women than for men

true

Nonemployed women are physically healthier than employed women

false

Every $7,500 in married women's incomes is associated with one less hour of household work

true