Write a discussion based on reading: Gender and the Family
Structuring Families
This set of readings examines how the ideology of the gender binary and economic realities in America shape the gendered nature of the family. Please comment on your reaction to Wade and Ferree’s Chapter 11 and the Green article.
Please write something about your own views which are also related to those reading materials and textbook.
Wealthy Women Can Afford to Reject Marriage
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The readings surround how families in the United States are structured. Some of the major questions that are raised surround inequalities in income among people due to gender and family. Income inequalities have in the recent past been observed to stretch beyond the boundaries of race and education. In my opinion, the structure of families may determine the level of income inequality that exists in a given society. When women get married early, they are more likely to have better livelihoods especially when they are married by men who are well-off.
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