Cultural changes in Canada regarding infant death
A brief introduction
Pamela Post’s documentary Buried so Deep explores the cultural changes regarding infant deaths in Canada from the mid- 20th century to today. In fact, Mountain View Cemetery, located in the city of Vancouver, only released in 2006, the registry of infants that died from 1907 to 1972. These infants were previously buried in mass anonymous graves with little or no ceremony because the norm at that time was that it was better to try to forget these infants and not talk about. (CBC, 2011). This essay will examine cultural changes in Canada regarding infant death from a sociological point of view.
Healthcare in the mid-20th century (Sociological Imagination)
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In other words, it has lead to the erosion of the cultural idea that men should be the primarily breadwinners while women should be responsible for household chores and childcare (Marshall, 2006). In fact, couple nowadays “have a much more equal partnership in the sharing of financial, child care and household responsibilities” (Marshall, 2006, Feature article webpage). According to a study (Marshall, 2011) comparing household work and paid work hours of men and women of different generations, women are increasing their share of paid work while men are increasing their share of household work. For instance, late baby boom men at ages 20 to 29 worked 1.4 hours than their women counterparts (born 1957 to 1966); for individuals of the Y generation (1981 to 1990), the difference has decreased to 1.1 hours. Conversely, late baby boom women of the same age group did 1.2 more hours of housework per day compared to their male counterparts; however, by generation Y, that difference has decreased to 0.4 hours mostly because women chose to decrease their housework chore hours. The increased participation of men in household chores is partly due to changing cultural norms: it is now socially acceptable for men to learn life skills that were formally reserved for women (Marshall,
A brief introduction
Pamela Post’s documentary Buried so Deep explores the cultural changes regarding infant deaths in Canada from the mid- 20th century to today. In fact, Mountain View Cemetery, located in the city of Vancouver, only released in 2006, the registry of infants that died from 1907 to 1972. These infants were previously buried in mass anonymous graves with little or no ceremony because the norm at that time was that it was better to try to forget these infants and not talk about. (CBC, 2011). This essay will examine cultural changes in Canada regarding infant death from a sociological point of view.
Healthcare in the mid-20th century (Sociological Imagination)
The period following …show more content…
In other words, it has lead to the erosion of the cultural idea that men should be the primarily breadwinners while women should be responsible for household chores and childcare (Marshall, 2006). In fact, couple nowadays “have a much more equal partnership in the sharing of financial, child care and household responsibilities” (Marshall, 2006, Feature article webpage). According to a study (Marshall, 2011) comparing household work and paid work hours of men and women of different generations, women are increasing their share of paid work while men are increasing their share of household work. For instance, late baby boom men at ages 20 to 29 worked 1.4 hours than their women counterparts (born 1957 to 1966); for individuals of the Y generation (1981 to 1990), the difference has decreased to 1.1 hours. Conversely, late baby boom women of the same age group did 1.2 more hours of housework per day compared to their male counterparts; however, by generation Y, that difference has decreased to 0.4 hours mostly because women chose to decrease their housework chore hours. The increased participation of men in household chores is partly due to changing cultural norms: it is now socially acceptable for men to learn life skills that were formally reserved for women (Marshall,