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Card 16

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Both partners are likely to be in paid employment.

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Card 17

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Notes a trend towards women doing a smaller share of domestic work and men doing more.

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Card 18

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The triple shift; wives are expected to continue juggling paid work with housework and 'emotion work'.

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Card 19

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In the modern family, there is a degree of control over family income present.

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Card 20

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Even when there was pooling, men usually made the final decision.

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Card 21

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The important decisions were usually taken wither by the man alone or jointly, never by the woman independently.

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Card 22

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Note the rapid decline in the stigma attached to divorce from the 1960s onwards.

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Card 23

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In modern society, traditional norms such as the duty to remain with the same partner for life, lose their hold over individuals.

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Card 24

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Rapid technological and cultural changes have damaged children's physical, emotional, and intellectual development, resulting in a 'toxic childhood'

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Card 25

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The family performs an ideological function by offering an apparent 'haven; from the harsh exploitative world of capitalism.

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