Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Educational Attainment
highest level of education that
an individual has completed
Selection Effect
People in non-abusive
relationships are more likely to
get married
Social Safety Net
Non-contributory transfer
programs seeking to prevent the
poor or those vulnerable to
shocks and poverty from falling
below a certain poverty level
Earned Income Tax Credit
(EITC)
Refundable tax credit aimed at
low income families w/ kids
Nontraditional Childhood
Lived in nontraditional
arrangement in their
childhood????
Womens Plan B
Insurance against worst case
Marriage Market
Questions To Consider
Mens Plan B
Fall back on modified
traditionalism. Acknowledges
that women have the need and
right to work, but his career stays
first
Social Class and child
development
Egalitarian marriage
Sharing that molds satisfying
work, gender conflicts, etc
Knowing a persons sexual orientation gives us much less 411 about the person
that is often assumed. In many respects, homosexual couples are more like
heterosexual couples of the same social class, race, religion, and occupational
group than they are like homosexual couples from other demographics.
Do same sex couples actually have an advantage over heterosexual couples in escaping
traditional gender role divisions that can lead to marital dissatisfaction, e.g.? Why or why
not?
Yes (Especially lesbian couples). Higher levels of closeness and flexibility
What special challenges do same-sex couples face that heterosexual couples do not?
Anti- gay prejudice
Relational ambiguity: social norms and legalized statuses
Social network fragmentation
What kinds of discrimination do same sex couples encounter in public and/or in the
workplace?
Physical and verbal harassment. Wrongful firing
According to research, are children raised by lesbian or gay parents any different from
children raised by heterosexual parents? Why or why not?
They are not any different. There is no social scientific evidence to say otherwise.
Research somewhat favors children of gay/lesbian parents saying that sons are
less objectified, daughters are more career oriented, and the parents are closer to
their children.
In what ways is Webers loaded dice metaphor a good description of how social class
operates over the lifetime of individuals?
Each throw of the dice is weighted by the result of the previous throw. It
constraints increase with repeated tosses of the dice, leading to more skewed
outcomes. . Social class is a set of life chances that become more pronounced as
they play out over time.
How is childrens language development, e.g., likely affected by growing up in a working
class family compared to a middle class family?
If the child is underexposed, it can have negative implications for them later in
life. Children growing up in working class families may have had less exposure to
a wide range of words, vice children in middle class families.
How does a familys economic status and social class affect the level of motivation
needed by their children to succeed in life?
Families with more resources have to be only ordinarily motivated and talented to
succeed. Those with fewer resources have to have a greater talent and more effort
to succeed