Wifework

Author : Susan Maushart
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2008-12-06
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781596919525

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Wifework by Susan Maushart Pdf

Wifework is a fiercely argued, in-depth look at the inequitable division of labor between husbands and wives. Bolstering her own personal experience as a twice-married mother of three with substantial research and broad statistical evidence, Susan Maushart explores the theoretical and evolutionary reasons behind marriage inequality. She forces us to consider why 50 per cent of marriages end in divorce, and why women are responsible for initiating three-quarters of them. If family life is worth saving, and Maushart passionately believes it is, the job description for wives will have to be rewritten. Susan Maushart was born in New York and has lived in Australia since 1985. Her first book, Sort of a Place Like Home, won a Festival Award for Literature at the Adelaide Festival in 1994, and her second, The Mask of Motherhood, was published to international acclaim. She is a senior research associate at Curtin University, a columnist for the Australian Magazine and lives in Perth with her three children. 'An often funny dissection of modern marriage...100 percent honest. [A] smart and witty book.' -Publishers Weekly 'With good-humored aplomb, Maushart makes clear she doesn't think marriage or men are "rotten", but that "the way we typically divide up the business-and the pleasure, too-of our adult relationships is inefficient, maladaptive, and unfair.'-Bookpage 'Maushart assembles an overwhelming amount of data documenting how marriage has perpetuated inequities between husband and wife.'-Christian Science Monitor Daily 'Susan Maushart's heartfelt and incendiary Wifework is a brief against traditional marriage that took me back to the galvanizing effect of reading Friedan.' -Salon.com 'A wake-up call for women feeling trapped by marriage.'-Booklist

Author : United States. National Commission on Unemployment Compensation
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Insurance, Unemployment
ISBN : UIUC:30112011748966

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Unemployment Compensation by United States. National Commission on Unemployment Compensation Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 658 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Insurance, Unemployment
ISBN : UOM:39015004110873

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Unemployment Compensation by Anonim Pdf

Author : Elizabeth Brake
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2012-03-15
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780199774135

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Minimizing Marriage by Elizabeth Brake Pdf

This book addresses fundamental questions about marriage in moral and political philosophy. It examines promise, commitment, care, and contract to argue that marriage is not morally transformative. It argues that marriage discriminates against other forms of caring relationships and that, legally, restrictions on entry should be minimized.

Author : Yolande Strengers,Jenny Kennedy
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2021-08-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780262542791

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The Smart Wife by Yolande Strengers,Jenny Kennedy Pdf

The life and times of the Smart Wife--feminized digital assistants who are friendly and sometimes flirty, occasionally glitchy but perpetually available. Meet the Smart Wife--at your service, an eclectic collection of feminized AI, robotic, and smart devices. This digital assistant is friendly and sometimes flirty, docile and efficient, occasionally glitchy but perpetually available. She might go by Siri, or Alexa, or inhabit Google Home. She can keep us company, order groceries, vacuum the floor, turn out the lights. A Japanese digital voice assistant--a virtual anime hologram named Hikari Azuma--sends her "master" helpful messages during the day; an American sexbot named Roxxxy takes on other kinds of household chores. In The Smart Wife, Yolande Strengers and Jenny Kennedy examine the emergence of digital devices that carry out "wifework"--domestic responsibilities that have traditionally fallen to (human) wives. They show that the principal prototype for these virtual helpers--designed in male-dominated industries--is the 1950s housewife: white, middle class, heteronormative, and nurturing, with a spick-and-span home. It's time, they say, to give the Smart Wife a reboot. What's wrong with preferring domestic assistants with feminine personalities? We like our assistants to conform to gender stereotypes--so what? For one thing, Strengers and Kennedy remind us, the design of gendered devices re-inscribes those outdated and unfounded stereotypes. Advanced technology is taking us backwards on gender equity. Strengers and Kennedy offer a Smart Wife "manifesta," proposing a rebooted Smart Wife that would promote a revaluing of femininity in society in all her glorious diversity.

Author : Caroline Gatrell
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2004-12-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780335225095

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EBOOK: Hard Labour: The Sociology of Parenthood by Caroline Gatrell Pdf

This innovative book examines changes in family practices and paid work in the 21st century. Focusing on highly qualified mothers who combine childcare with employment, it makes a valuable contribution to current debates. It also takes into account the views of fathers, making it a rounded study of family practice in the new millennium. Hard Labour puts forward some new and thought-provoking arguments about both mothers' and fathers' commitments to parenting and paid work. The first part of the book provides an up-to-date, comprehensive and readable overview of the literature on motherhood, fatherhood, family practices, and women in employment. The second part draws on a qualitative study of the lives of twenty mothers and their husbands or partners, each of whom is educated to degree level or above, and has at least one child under five. This study considers key aspects of the family lives of the men and women interviewed, including: How they manage their commitments to one another, their children and their professional work Sharing out family tasks such as childcare and housework At each stage, the empirical research is placed in the context of the literature referenced in the first part, and of the wider debate on career and motherhood. Hard Labour is essential reading for students and academics in sociology, family policy, family studies, women’s or gender studies and the sociology of management/employment.

Author : Gatrell, Caroline
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2004-12-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780335214884

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Hard Labour: The Sociology Of Parenthood by Gatrell, Caroline Pdf

This text examines the changes in family practices and paid work in the 21st century. Its main focus is highly qualified working mothers with very young children, but also takes into account the views of fathers.

Author : Jenni Murray
Publisher : Random House
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2012-07-31
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781446458587

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That's My Boy by Jenni Murray Pdf

A poignant, practical, light-hearted and celebratory look at raising boys with a strong and controversial message, asking that parents and the education system take responsibility for the 'feminisation' of boys, in much the same way as attention was paid to the 'masculinisation' of girls. Media and government attention is now being focussed on the fact that girls are outperforming boys academically but no mention is made of what kind of husbands and fathers they will make. With many families stretched to breaking point on the rack of mismatched expectations, boys need guidance on juggling work and family in the same way as girls are expected to; becoming domesticated as well as surviving in the jungle of accepted notions of 'masculinity'. The vital message is that boys, like girls, should have choices and should not be forced into the stereotypical role of the male as absent father or football fan. That's My Boy! covers boys' lives from birth to 18 and discusses everything from how a mother deals with the shock of caring for and maintaining a member of the opposite sex, how to endure hours spent on a rugby touchline, how to read the signs that indicate a longing for physical affection and whether or not to laugh at sexist jokes they bring home.

Author : Susan Maushart
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2008-12-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781596918535

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What Women Want Next by Susan Maushart Pdf

With all the choices available to today's women, why don't they more feel fulfilled? What Women Want Next is Susan Maushart's meditation-by turns profound and laugh-out-loud funny-on that central dilemma of postfeminist life. At one point she had it all, so why wasn't she happy? With What Women Want Next, Maushart combines research with personal history in a dynamic attempt to answer this question. Feminism may have led women to life's banquet table, but the meal they make of it is up to them. How to balance life and work, sex and sleep, child care and self-care? And why has women's guilt-that glass ceiling of the soul-become the biggest barrier they face? What Women Want Next is the first book to look at the spectrum of a woman's life and attempt to demonstrate how she can shape her own destiny throughout all its stages.

Author : Camilo Dagum,Michele Zenga
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783642842504

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Income and Wealth Distribution, Inequality and Poverty by Camilo Dagum,Michele Zenga Pdf

This book deals with the following issues: the analysis, estimation and assessment of alternatived models of income distribution, the specification and evaluation of income inequality measures the analysis and measurement of poverty and its rationale, the scope and methodological power of the social accounting matrix (SAM) in the analysis of the functional and personal distribution of income and the family income multiplier, the study of the source and reliability of income distribution data, the decomposition of income inequality measures, the asymptotic distributions and inferential analysis of income inequalities, and an inquiry on the income distribution and income inequality of Eastern European Countries under socialism. New models on income and wealth distribution are specified and their corresponding properties and goodness of fit are discussed. A multivariate approach to the measurement of poverty is developed and applied, and a compact survey of the literature is presented. The book can be used as a text in advanced undergraduate and graduate courses dealing with the theory, model specifications, methods and applications of income and wealth distribution, income inequality and poverty assessment in measurement and the use of SAMs in the analysis of income distribution.

Author : Azriela Jaffe
Publisher : Prima Lifestyles
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0761563563

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Permission to Prosper by Azriela Jaffe Pdf

What a difference a husband who encourages and supports your professional ambitions and achievements can make. In reality, though, many women encounter resistance, stress, and even subtle sabotage from their husbands when it comes to career growth. You may wonder, "Can I really have it all--a thriving career, a husband who is supportive, and a healthy and terrific marriage and family life? The answer is yes. All you need is permission to prosper. Permission to prosper? It's simple: Do your husband's words and actions promote, communicate acceptance of, and even celebrate your career successes? Inside, you'll uncover the secrets to overcoming the difficulties and stresses a dual-career marriage can create between spouses, including the most effective ways to: -Facilitate your husband's acceptance of your personal and career growth -Recognize and adjust your behaviors that may trigger negative responses -Create an environment for mutual development and success, both professional and personal -Anticipate specific pitfalls in dual-career marriages and avoid their consequences -Identify spousal sabotage and learn to deal with it effectively -Thrive in your career and still be committed to your family's needs -And more In any marriage that is full of love and respect, permission to prosper granted and received by both husband and wife will lead to a relationship that nurtures deep, spiritual, and stable bonding. By applying the valuable principles in this book, your marriage will be one of support and opportunity, your career will be what you want it to be, and life with your husband will be a source of never-ending encouragement andsatisfaction. "Azriela Jaffe takes a fearless approach to a topic most writers wouldn't dare tackle. Her column at FSB.com is one of our most popular, simply because she is brave enough to discuss what really goes on between married couples." -- Elaine Pofeldt, executive editor, Fortune Small Business Online

Author : William Frederick Shaw
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 570 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCAL:C2939411

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Does Retirement Affect the Utilization of Health Care Services? by William Frederick Shaw Pdf

Author : Philip E. Converse
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : History
ISBN : 0674028805

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American Social Attitudes Data Sourcebook, 1947-1978 by Philip E. Converse Pdf

A unique record of trends in social and economic attitudes and perceptions held by the adult American population over the past three decades is now available for the first time in composite book form from the archives of the Survey Research Center at the University of Michigan. The volume represents a culling of sample survey items which have been repeated at multiple points since World War II, presented in clear time-series form both for the population as a whole, and for standard breakdowns by age, sex, race, and social class. Nearly 100 variables are included, ranging from subjective reports of social class location or frequency of church attendance, through racial attitudes and perceptions, to views on women's roles, work and retirement, life quality, family financial situations, the state of the national economy, government spending, and war and peace. This compendium of texts, tables, and time-series graphs shows provocative patterns of constancy and change in the social and economic perspectives of the population, complementing and illuminating "hard" population and economic data for the same period from the Census Bureau and other government sources. It is a critical reference book for sociologists, political scientists, contemporary historians, journalists, political commentators, and others.

Author : Barbara Thornes,Jean Collard
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2023-07-05
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781000894592

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Who Divorces? by Barbara Thornes,Jean Collard Pdf

The divorce rate in England and Wales increased nearly four-fold between 1950 and 1976; in the five years following the implementation of the 1969 Divorce Reform Act in January 1971, it more than doubled. Despite the plethora of public comment about the rising divorce rates, there was at the time very little objective data in our society about either those who chose to resolve their marital unhappiness by divorce, or the possible causes and consequences of such divorce. Originally published in 1979, this book, the first published study from the Marriage Research Centre, represented an important landmark in a relatively unexplored field. Who Divorces? Presents the findings of a large-scale study into the characteristics of those who divorce. Certain childhood, adolescent, pre-marital and marital characteristics and experiences of a random sample of men and women who divorced are considered and compared with the characteristics and experiences of a random sample of men and women whose marriages were still intact. Additionally, research findings relating to the causes and consequences of divorce, both for the individual and for society, are discussed with particular reference to the wide range of prevailing opinion on these matters.

Author : Sarah E. Blackwell
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2003-03-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027296894

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Implicatures in Discourse by Sarah E. Blackwell Pdf

Implicatures in Discourse examines Spanish conversations and oral narratives in order to seek support for a pragmatic theory of anaphora. Blackwell argues that the use of anaphoric expressions may be considered conversational implicatures that give rise to inferences of coreference and non-coreference. Her analysis shows how speakers abide by Levinson's 'neo-Gricean' principles of Quantity, Informativeness, and Manner, but that grammatical, semantic, cognitive, and pragmatic constraints interact with the neo-Gricean principles, influencing anaphora use and interpretation. The study also reveals how mutual knowledge, including familiarity with Spanish social and cultural norms, enables interlocutors to use and comprehend minimal referring expressions, which cultural outsiders may not be able to interpret. While drawing on earlier work on anaphora and reference, this book offers a fresh look at discourse anaphora, and sheds light on the ways in which speakers felicitously use and interpret anaphoric expressions in a variety of communicative contexts.