Reference no: EM133327866

Question 1.

In the post-World War II era of 1945 to the 1960s, early marriages and the image of the stay-at-home housewife was a reality for most white families because:

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Unions excluded women and racialized minorities as members thereby facilitating a viable family wage for white working class male headed households

Unions successfully won the "family wage" for white men whereby white working class men could support their families within a middle class lifestyle

Low and non-existent unemployment rates meant high wages for white male workers

It was a period of economic prosperity

Question 2.

Feminized work is generally characterized as work that involves:

Emotional work

Work that is expected to be supportive of male workers

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Work that is expected to be supportive of male clients

Work performed in the paid workforce by women that is seen as an extension of the kind of work women are associated with and perform in the home without pay (domestic labour).