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    “The Second Shift” by Arlie Russell Hochschild sheds light on the fact that America is stuck in a perpetual loop, unable to change its societal gender expectations. Substantial progress has been made when it comes to women in the workplace, but that same progress is lacking when it comes to a woman’s work within the home. When looking at employed women the term “second shift” can be brought to the forefront. The expression “second shift” refers to the tasks done around the house after the initial

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    Charlotte McCarthy Prof. Rifkin 10.30.17 Choice Versus Coercion In Arlie Russell Hochschild’s, “Love and Gold,” she depicts the economic influences that turn choices of mothers in Third World countries into a precondition. Similarly, in Toni Morrison’s, Sula, a recurring theme of the struggle between independence, the ability to choose, and doing what’s best for others, or coerced decisions, is imminent throughout the entire novel and revolved around the main character, Sula. Often times the

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    the society and they receive the right of engaging in the professional activities (Arlie Russell & Anne, 1989). Still, in spite of having professional commitments, they do not get freedom from the childcare and other household activates, which doubles up their burden. On the other hand, men enjoy freedom from the household undertakings with excuses of their professional obligations. The Second Shift, by Arlie Hochschild, is a book, which sheds light on the women-men work disparity in the family domain

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    Barbara Ehrenreich and Arlie Russell Hochschild’s collection of writing titled: Global Woman: Nannies, Maids, and Sex workers in the New Economy, published in 2002, is a good description of the dirty little secrets that haunt many underprivileged, non-white, Third World women experience. This reading is a rather detailed story of hard working women that are trying to support their families back in their native lands. Domestic servants are nothing new to the world- it’s something that has been passed

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    An ideal Mother Practises Emotion Work Link Malacrida and Boulton’s research on “Women’ Preceptions of Childbirth ‘Choices’: Competing Discourses of Motherhood, Sexuality, and Selflessness” with Arlie Russell Hochschild’s discussion of “emotion work” Arlie Russell Hochschild’s discussion of “emotion work” explores how social rules govern human emotions. “emotion work” applies to the act of trying to evoke or suppress a feeling while changing the thought associated with emotion, the emotion itself

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    physically, it is also seen as an act which necessitates using mind and soul. Depending on the area in which an individual works, it can lean towards using all three – body, mind, and soul – to be successful. It is at this point that Emotional Labor (Hochschild, 1983) begins to take its place in the work environment. Emotional Labor is using self to perform work where an employee creates a pleasant atmosphere by giving good customer service. The ability to use self as a means to perform better on the job

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    Betty Friedan the author of the documentary article The Problem That Has No Name (1963), is a female author that discusses the way women feel trapped as housewives. Betty did many interviews about women and the problems they faced. Betty would interview many doctors and psychiatrists to support her evidence about the female role in society. Fifteen years after World War II, in the1950’s and 1960’s, women were taught by society and ads that they needed to be at home tending to the family and house

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    Election Explanation through Sociological Theories The 2016 U.S Presidential Election ended on November 19th, yet many people did not expect or even think about the result of Trump becoming our 45th president. Although many people in California did not accept the fact that our first female candidate was defeated and lost the election, it is reasonable to explain some surprising observations and results of the election by looking through the lens of sociological theories. 1. 63% of white

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    What is emotional labor? Originating with works of Arlie Hochschild ,“The Managed Heart” , she coins the term emotional labor which she points to how people control their emotions in personal Emotional labor 2 and work life. She interprets emotional labor to be the act in which a person alters their outward behavior such as emotions or body language to conform to an ideal.(Hochschild 1983.) By definition emotional labor is the control of a person’s behavior to display

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    showed your coworkers that you were dedicated to work and that you were working hard. Vicky’s view was much more like Taylorism meaning that it you are trying to maximize efficiency. Also as Hochschild states later in the chapter that “ To be credible as an executive, Vicky worked inflexible, long hours.”(Hochschild 74). Gender is a big factor in the history factor of the sociological imagination. Through out history women were expected to be more nurturing and take care of all the business at home and

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