What does your wife do? : gender and the transformation of family life

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What does your wife do? : gender and the transformation of family life

Leonard Beeghley

(Foundations of social inquiry / Scott McNall and Charles Tilly, series editors)

Westview Press, 1996

  • : hard
  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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巻冊次

: hard ISBN 9780813326344

内容説明

Leonard Beeghley looks at four issuespremarital sex, abortion, divorce, and employment and incomeand discusses how gender roles and family life affect and are affected by changes in each. The key to his analysis is the distinction between individual and structural levels of explanation. Beeghley shows how personal characteristics and experiences influence individuals decisions and how larger changes in social organizationindustrialization, urbanization, participation of women in the labor force, decreasing fertility rates, and the rise of feminismhave altered the range of available choices. }In the past, a woman would routinely be asked what her husband did for a living. Increasingly, a man is likely to be asked what his wife does for a living. Its a small switch, but it signifies a revolution in gender roles and family life. Leonard Beeghley uses historical and international data to explain the dramatic changes in the way women and men organize their lives together. Beeghley looks at four issuespremarital sex, abortion, divorce, and employment and incomeand discusses how gender roles and family life affect and are affected by changes in each. The key to his analysis is the distinction between individual and structural levels of explanation. At the individual level Beeghley shows how personal characteristics and experiences influence individuals decisions. At the structural level he shows how changes in social organizationsuch as industrialization, urbanization, increasing participation of women in the labor force, decreasing fertility rate, and the rise of feminismhave altered the range of available choices. Speculating about the future, Beeghley discusses the way fundamental structural changes in American society are transforming gender relations and family life. }

目次

Introduction Premarital Sexual Intercourse Abortion Divorce Employment and Income Conclusion
巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9780813326351

内容説明

In the past, a woman would routinely be asked what her husband did for a living. Increasingly, a man is likely to be asked what his wife does for a living. It's a small switch, but it signifies a revolution in gender roles and family life. Leonard Beeghley uses historical and international data to explain the dramatic changes in the way women and men organize their lives together.Beeghley looks at four issues?premarital sex, abortion, divorce, and employment and income?and discusses how gender roles and family life affect and are affected by changes in each. The key to his analysis is the distinction between individual and structural levels of explanation. At the individual level Beeghley shows how personal characteristics and experiences influence individuals' decisions. At the structural level he shows how changes in social organization?such as industrialization, urbanization, increasing participation of women in the labor force, decreasing fertility rate, and the rise of feminism?have altered the range of available choices. Speculating about the future, Beeghley discusses the way fundamental structural changes in American society are transforming gender relations and family life.

目次

Preface -- Introduction -- Premarital Sexual Intercourse -- Abortion -- Divorce -- Employment and Income -- Conclusion

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