2. You hear a radio program in which these is a debate over female labor force participation. One man calls into say, “Woman who work don’t care about their kids or husbands as much as they did in the 1950s.†Discuss how you would respond to this statement, using the course’s concepts and readings to support your arguments. Make sure that your use of the concepts and readings demonstrates your understanding of the main points.
a. Use at least 10 of the following concepts:
1. Family of procreation
2. Female labor force participation
3. Private family
4. Socialization
5. Demography
6. Postindustrial period
7. The 1950s
8. Prestige
9. power
10. Poverty
11. Fatalist explanations
12. Individual explanations
Ans: in 1950, women had no work to do. Households now
b. Use at least three of the following readings:
1. Gidden’s “The Global Revolution in Family and Personal Lifeâ€Â
2. Coontz’s “What we really miss about 1950sâ€Â
3. Collins’ “Shifting the Center: Race, class
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