Chapter 13

Summary:

Chapter 13 is about issues of balancing work and family life. It describes the different kinds of work in the United States in contemporary times, deindustrialization, globalization, and off shoring. The chapter goes into defining social class and the differences between wealth and income. Chapter 13 discusses how the economy affects families with low-wage jobs and nonstandard work hours, part-time work, unemployment, poverty, and homelessness. The chapter talks about women’s participation in the labor force, the economic roles within a marriage, two-income families, and inequality in the workplace such as women and minorities in the workplace, the gender pay gap, and sexual harassment. The chapter also discusses families and work policies

Interesting/Unusual Items:

I found the chapter informative and like how it talked about everyone’s way of living and not just one aspect of life. No marriage is the same and especially when it comes to income.

Discussion:

What would you do if you where homeless one day? No place to run to. Everything you ever owned gone.