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23 Cards in this Set
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Who wrote Birth in Four Cultures? |
Bridget Jordan |
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Who wrote Unequal Childhoods? |
Annette Lareau |
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Summarize the article Men Fathers Work Family Balance |
1. Manufacturing job opportunities dropped (often held by men) and service jobs (often held by women) increased. 2. There is increased social pressure for men to be active members of the family as well as their jobs expecting full and complete availability. |
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Changing Role of Fathers |
They are expected to help out around the house and be an involved parent yet their jobs aren't necessarily willing to comply with it. |
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Traditional vs. Egalitarian families |
Traditional means that the father is the breadwinner and moneymaker for the family and the wife focuses on household duties such as cooking, cleaning, and parenting. |
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Work-family balance/ work-family conflict |
The fathers want to spend equal time with their kids and at their job, but the conflict often occurs when jobs won't provide paid leave or flexible schedules or various other options. |
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Who is Dona Juana? |
The Mayan midwife the author shadows in Mexico |
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Where did most births in Yuccatan take place? |
At the woman's home or her mother's. |
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Social model of childbirth |
People see it almost as an illness according to Talcott Parsons because you are supposed to be exempt from normal obligations, you're in a position to be taken care of, you are supposed to want to get better, and you would seek competent help. |
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Medical model of childbirth |
Doctor knows best not you, so they do what they feel is right without really asking. Often much more medicine involved than usual. They want to get you out of the hospital as soon as possible so they can have an open bed. |
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Birth in Yucatan Who is present? Where does it happen? Meds/tools? What birth position? Who makes decisions? Who owns the birth? |
1. Midwife, husband, maybe other women who have given birth. 2. Home 3. Now, use a raw egg or vitamin B shot 4. Low technology 5. Upright 6. Collective decisions 7. Collective |
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Birth in Holland Who is present? Where does it happen? Meds/tools? What birth position? Who makes decisions? Who owns the birth? |
1. Midwife, her mother, spouse 2. Half at home, half in hospitals 3. Frown upon using meds but they're there if needed 4. Pretty low tech 5. Upright 6. Woman in labor's body (nature) 7. Woman in labor |
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Birth in Sweden Who is present? Where does it happen? Meds/tools? What birth position? Who makes decisions? Who owns the birth? |
1. Mother, midwife, and a non-specialist attendant of her choosing 2. Always takes place in a hospital 3. They can get medicine but it's up to the woman to decide if/when to get it. 4. Sometimes use vacuum extractions, mid-tech 5. Upright 6. The woman in labor makes most decisions, except if there's medical complications 7. Woman in labor |
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What are the three components of intensive parenting? |
1. Mothers are the best possible people to care for their children 2. Mothering should center around the child's needs 3. Children should be considered delightful |
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What birthing systems have the lowest infant mortality rates? |
Sweden and Holland |
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Who wrote Breastfeed at Your Own Risk |
Julie Artis |
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How do Breastfeeding at Your Own Risk and Why Parents Hate Parenting relate? |
They both identify an individual's choice, either to have kids or not, and to breastfeed or not. However, in both cases you have to expect some societal push-back. They both also describe the intense expectations on parents. |
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Concerted Cultivation, definition and pros/cons |
Middle-class parents believe they have an obligation to foster the growth and development of children's talents and skills. Teaches time management, independence, decision-making skills, prioritization. However the kids could burn out, sense of entitlement, lack of childhood because there's no time to play. |
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Natural Growth, definition and pros/cons |
Poor families provide for their kids and presume they will spontaneously grow and thrive. Allows for freedom, autonomy, conflict resolution, and resilience. But more free time could lead to trouble/bad habits, resent parents for lack of activities, and lack certain skills developed by middle-class families |
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Describe the McAllister family's use of language |
Curse, kids comply to directives and are respectful, fewer words leading to lack of grammar correctness, nonverbal communication |
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What is meritocracy? |
When a higher power (or a class more educated) has more influence |
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What is habitus |
When society develops "norms" that becomes the expectations of everyone and theoretically guides thinking. It shifts over time as society as a whole changes, not individual opinions. |
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Social mobility |
When families move on the social spectrum relative to other's social standings. |
