SOC 0438 1st EditionExam # 1 Study GuideAfter speaking with the professor and the TA for this course here is a list of things that will be included on the first exam:The exam will include 28 multiple choice and 7 true/ false there will be no short answerThe exam will focus more on the assigned reading than on the lecture notes.All of the reading will be mentioned in some capacity except for chapters 8&9 which have been excluded.The readings from 9/26 – 10/6 will only be mentioned minimally “reading through them once should be enough” According to the TA you should focus more on chapters 2, 5, 6, and 10Know the following trends:The amount of parents that are married at first birth has steadily decreased since the 90’s while the amount of cohabitating and not married/ not cohabitating parents has increased.In the 19th century men stayed to the public sphere (working and earning an income) while women were kept in the private sphere (bearing and rearing children, taking care of the household duties). There were rigid views on femininity, true women were pious, pure, submissiveand domestic. There were five major changes in family organization: - The separation of home and work- Reduction of household membership to nuclear core- Fall in marital fertility- Extended residence of children in their parents homes- Husbands and wives living together longer after their children left the homeIn the 20th century we see women falling more in to the public sphere although it is not until WWI that we see a huge movement of women into the workforce.After the war however there is a re-emergence of the separate spheres with men moving back in to the work force.African-American women’s advancement- Black women had higher levels of education- Expectation that black women would need employment- Sought to avoid domestic work which was seen as an extension of slavery- Community leadership positions and activism- Black women were seen by some to have greater mobility than either black men or white womenComparison of 20th century trends for whites and blacksWhites BlacksPost WWII era massive migration to suburbs Much lower rates of moving to suburbsIncreasing rates particularly during second half of 20th cHigh rates of education for women throughout 20th cIntermittent workforce participation Consistent workforce participationMale breadwinners throughout most of century Female breadwinners more commonInter-racial familiesLoving v. Virginia: The Case over Interracial Marriage – 1967The Court ruled that state bans on interracial marriage were unconstitutional.Please refer to whose marrying whom chart on lecture notes from 9/24 for interracial marriage trends.Since he 5o’s there has been a drastic increase in people who approve of interracial marriage although not so much of people who participate in
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