__________ is the only industrialized country that fails to provide paid leave for new mothers.
a. Sweden
b. United States
c. Papua New Guinea
d. Lesotho
Question 2
According to Shandy and Moe in Negotiating Work and Family in America, factors that pull women to resign from work and return to home full time include three of the following. Which one do they not mention?
a. being with their children
b. lower stress
c. sense of responsibility
d. a biological imperative
Question 3
In Negotiating Work and Family in America, Shandy and Moe note that no longer holding a high-ranking job is a problem for a woman's prestige. What can a woman do to retain prestige when she spends all her time at home?
a. note what her high prestige jobs had been
b. argue that being a stay-at-home mom is actually more important
c. note that she and her husband could not afford nannies
d. maintain a very clean and well appointed home
Question 4
According to research cited by Shandy and Moe in Negotiating Work and Family in America, the Washoe Indians of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in southern California exhibit relative gender equality due to the fact that
a. the women are solely responsible for providing the food for the family groups.
b. men and women are responsible for their own individual needs for food.
c. the men provide virtually all of the food by hunting for animal proteins.
d. both men and women forage for edible plants and both catch small animals as a
source of protein.
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