Mariko Lin Chang
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- September 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780195367690
- eISBN:
- 9780199944101
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195367690.001.0001
- Subject:
- Sociology, Gender and Sexuality
Women now receive more college degrees than men, and enter the workforce with better job opportunities than ever before. Indeed, the wage gap between men and women has never been smaller. So why does ...
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Women now receive more college degrees than men, and enter the workforce with better job opportunities than ever before. Indeed, the wage gap between men and women has never been smaller. So why does the typical woman have only 36 cents for every dollar of wealth owned by the typical man? How is it that never-married women working full-time have only 16% as much wealth as similarly situated men? And why do single mothers have only 8% of the wealth of single fathers? The first book to focus on the differences in wealth between women and men, this is an accessible examination of why women struggle to accumulate assets, who has what, and why it matters. The book draws on the most comprehensive national data on wealth and on in-depth interviews to show how differences in earnings, in saving and investing, and, most important, the demands of care-giving all contribute to the gender-wealth gap. It argues that the current focus on equal pay and family-friendly workplace policies, although important, will not ultimately change or eliminate wealth inequalities. What the book calls the “wealth escalator”—comprised of fringe benefits, the tax code, and government benefits—and the “debt anchor” must be the targets of policies aimed at strengthening women's financial resources. The book proposes a number of practical suggestions to address the unequal burdens and consequences of care-giving, so that women who work just as hard as men will not be left standing in financial quicksand.Less
Women now receive more college degrees than men, and enter the workforce with better job opportunities than ever before. Indeed, the wage gap between men and women has never been smaller. So why does the typical woman have only 36 cents for every dollar of wealth owned by the typical man? How is it that never-married women working full-time have only 16% as much wealth as similarly situated men? And why do single mothers have only 8% of the wealth of single fathers? The first book to focus on the differences in wealth between women and men, this is an accessible examination of why women struggle to accumulate assets, who has what, and why it matters. The book draws on the most comprehensive national data on wealth and on in-depth interviews to show how differences in earnings, in saving and investing, and, most important, the demands of care-giving all contribute to the gender-wealth gap. It argues that the current focus on equal pay and family-friendly workplace policies, although important, will not ultimately change or eliminate wealth inequalities. What the book calls the “wealth escalator”—comprised of fringe benefits, the tax code, and government benefits—and the “debt anchor” must be the targets of policies aimed at strengthening women's financial resources. The book proposes a number of practical suggestions to address the unequal burdens and consequences of care-giving, so that women who work just as hard as men will not be left standing in financial quicksand.
Nancy L. Collins and Brooke C. Feeney
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- September 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780195380170
- eISBN:
- 9780199864355
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195380170.003.0004
- Subject:
- Psychology, Health Psychology, Clinical Psychology
This chapter describes an attachment-based model of social support in couples, which emphasizes the interpersonal and transactional nature of support processes and focuses on the roles of both the ...
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This chapter describes an attachment-based model of social support in couples, which emphasizes the interpersonal and transactional nature of support processes and focuses on the roles of both the care giver and the support seeker. The authors describe their ongoing programs of research on normative differences in care giving and seeking, as well as how individual differences in attachment security affect support processes.Less
This chapter describes an attachment-based model of social support in couples, which emphasizes the interpersonal and transactional nature of support processes and focuses on the roles of both the care giver and the support seeker. The authors describe their ongoing programs of research on normative differences in care giving and seeking, as well as how individual differences in attachment security affect support processes.
Grace J. Yoo and Barbara W. Kim
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- March 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780814768976
- eISBN:
- 9780814771983
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9780814768976.003.0005
- Subject:
- Sociology, Migration Studies (including Refugee Studies)
This chapter explores how adult children of Korean immigrants work to be present for their aging parents, with particular emphasis on the interrelationships among ethnicity, culture, and gender that ...
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This chapter explores how adult children of Korean immigrants work to be present for their aging parents, with particular emphasis on the interrelationships among ethnicity, culture, and gender that shape expectations, attitudes, and practices concerning care giving. It considers how immigrant children become more aware of changes and losses happening in their parents' lives, including retirement from work, selling businesses, marital difficulties, and death of close friends and family members. It shows that adult daughters, both near and far, are more acutely aware of and responsive to changes happening in their parents' lives, and that they maintain close ties with their immigrant parents even as they are cognizant of and empathetic to changes their parents experience as they age. This chapter also examines the negotiations that take place between spouses and among siblings in providing financial and other types of support to aging parents.Less
This chapter explores how adult children of Korean immigrants work to be present for their aging parents, with particular emphasis on the interrelationships among ethnicity, culture, and gender that shape expectations, attitudes, and practices concerning care giving. It considers how immigrant children become more aware of changes and losses happening in their parents' lives, including retirement from work, selling businesses, marital difficulties, and death of close friends and family members. It shows that adult daughters, both near and far, are more acutely aware of and responsive to changes happening in their parents' lives, and that they maintain close ties with their immigrant parents even as they are cognizant of and empathetic to changes their parents experience as they age. This chapter also examines the negotiations that take place between spouses and among siblings in providing financial and other types of support to aging parents.
Ad Vingerhoets
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- May 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780198570240
- eISBN:
- 9780191744723
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198570240.003.0004
- Subject:
- Psychology, Social Psychology, Evolutionary Psychology
This chapter summarizes the literature on infant crying. It describes how infant crying starts to develop immediately after birth (e.g., reasons for crying, frequency, gender difference). Researcher ...
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This chapter summarizes the literature on infant crying. It describes how infant crying starts to develop immediately after birth (e.g., reasons for crying, frequency, gender difference). Researcher have demonstrated that infant crying may serve several functions, beyond just attracting the attention of caregivers (and others as well). For example, the way a child cries seems to contain information about the fitness (or: health status) of the child. Crying of premature and sick children in general is perceived as more aversive than the crying of normal children. That might explain why these children may be at increased risk of physical abuse. In addition, there is attention for the phenomenon of colic — excessive crying, seemingly without any clear reason. Finally both the differences and consistencies between infant and adult crying are specifically described and explained.Less
This chapter summarizes the literature on infant crying. It describes how infant crying starts to develop immediately after birth (e.g., reasons for crying, frequency, gender difference). Researcher have demonstrated that infant crying may serve several functions, beyond just attracting the attention of caregivers (and others as well). For example, the way a child cries seems to contain information about the fitness (or: health status) of the child. Crying of premature and sick children in general is perceived as more aversive than the crying of normal children. That might explain why these children may be at increased risk of physical abuse. In addition, there is attention for the phenomenon of colic — excessive crying, seemingly without any clear reason. Finally both the differences and consistencies between infant and adult crying are specifically described and explained.
Joseph Troisi and Hans-Joachim von Kondratowitz (eds)
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- May 2014
- ISBN:
- 9781447301066
- eISBN:
- 9781447311393
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447301066.001.0001
- Subject:
- Sociology, Gerontology and Ageing
At a time of extreme globalisation Ageing in the Mediterranean fills a key void in international literature on ageing societies. This important and timely volume brings together a distinguished set ...
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At a time of extreme globalisation Ageing in the Mediterranean fills a key void in international literature on ageing societies. This important and timely volume brings together a distinguished set of international scholars who provide rich information about the social, economic, political, and historical factors responsible for shaping ageing policy in the Mediterranean region. It is a regional handbook that highlights the idiosyncrasies of overlapping ageing issues in one particular territory and presents a range of key issues and concerns including migration, care-giving, employment, and health care amongst others, whilst providing rich data from various countries such as Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Malta, Portugal, Tunisia and Turkey. Ageing in the Mediterranean will be warmly welcomed by researchers in social and public policy, gerontology and geriatrics, welfare economics, and health care. It will also be of interest to policy makers and NGOs involved in welfare and social care services.Less
At a time of extreme globalisation Ageing in the Mediterranean fills a key void in international literature on ageing societies. This important and timely volume brings together a distinguished set of international scholars who provide rich information about the social, economic, political, and historical factors responsible for shaping ageing policy in the Mediterranean region. It is a regional handbook that highlights the idiosyncrasies of overlapping ageing issues in one particular territory and presents a range of key issues and concerns including migration, care-giving, employment, and health care amongst others, whilst providing rich data from various countries such as Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Malta, Portugal, Tunisia and Turkey. Ageing in the Mediterranean will be warmly welcomed by researchers in social and public policy, gerontology and geriatrics, welfare economics, and health care. It will also be of interest to policy makers and NGOs involved in welfare and social care services.
Carolyn Sufrin
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- January 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780520288669
- eISBN:
- 9780520963559
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520288669.003.0005
- Subject:
- Anthropology, Medical Anthropology
This chapter takes a closer look at the routine in the San Francisco jail clinic, which reveals that its rhythms and tasks were punctuated by a moral intimacy. That is, care-giving interactions among ...
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This chapter takes a closer look at the routine in the San Francisco jail clinic, which reveals that its rhythms and tasks were punctuated by a moral intimacy. That is, care-giving interactions among nurses, clinicians, deputies, and patient-prisoners worked through the personal and moral stakes of desiring recognition, exercising professionalism, and articulating how medical resources should be distributed and who deserved them. These various moral domains were situated amid the state's carceral burden to care and the broader failures of the safety net. The chronicity of recidivism and the shared task of confronting the punitive regimes of the jail cultivated possibilities for intimacy. Thus the seemingly impersonal, disciplinary dimensions of care and the compassionate intimacy of care became mutually constitutive.Less
This chapter takes a closer look at the routine in the San Francisco jail clinic, which reveals that its rhythms and tasks were punctuated by a moral intimacy. That is, care-giving interactions among nurses, clinicians, deputies, and patient-prisoners worked through the personal and moral stakes of desiring recognition, exercising professionalism, and articulating how medical resources should be distributed and who deserved them. These various moral domains were situated amid the state's carceral burden to care and the broader failures of the safety net. The chronicity of recidivism and the shared task of confronting the punitive regimes of the jail cultivated possibilities for intimacy. Thus the seemingly impersonal, disciplinary dimensions of care and the compassionate intimacy of care became mutually constitutive.
Marian Barnes
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- January 2013
- ISBN:
- 9781847428233
- eISBN:
- 9781447307686
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781847428233.003.0003
- Subject:
- Sociology, Health, Illness, and Medicine
The archetypal image of care is that of a mother and child. Care giving is probably most immediately understood in the context of personal relationships where one person has greater needs for support ...
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The archetypal image of care is that of a mother and child. Care giving is probably most immediately understood in the context of personal relationships where one person has greater needs for support than the other. These circumstances most usually apply at the start and end of life, but intimate caring relationship are experienced throughout the life course. This chapter considers what we have learnt from research that has considered care ethics in the context of three types of caring relationships within families: during times of change and difficulty; relationships between parents and their disabled children, and the impact of ageing on older people themselves and on care relationships within families. In each case the focus is on the negotiation of the relational dimensions of care and the difficult ethical decisions that are integral to this.Less
The archetypal image of care is that of a mother and child. Care giving is probably most immediately understood in the context of personal relationships where one person has greater needs for support than the other. These circumstances most usually apply at the start and end of life, but intimate caring relationship are experienced throughout the life course. This chapter considers what we have learnt from research that has considered care ethics in the context of three types of caring relationships within families: during times of change and difficulty; relationships between parents and their disabled children, and the impact of ageing on older people themselves and on care relationships within families. In each case the focus is on the negotiation of the relational dimensions of care and the difficult ethical decisions that are integral to this.
