Week 4: Study Guide
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Institutions are profoundly social. For the family, what does this mean? (Risman)
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What does it mean for families that institutions endure across time and space? (Risman)
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What does it mean for families that institutions have recurring and distinct social practices?
(Risman)
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How do we learn the rules and expectations to which we are supposed to conform? (Risman)
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Why is the term mancession misleading? (Myers and Demantas)
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What does it mean to be the breadwinner? What changes to this traditional model do Myers and
Demantss explore?
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What was the relationship that men had to the housework they took on during their
unemployment? (Myers and Demantas)
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What is the “pink collar ghetto”? (CCF Symposium)
