Deck 48: Creating a Caring Society

Question 1

According to Glenn, what would a society in which caring is valued look like? Outline Glenn's three elements of a caring society. Do you agree? What would you add, if anything? Is a society that has these three elements realistic?

Answer 1

Varies. May include the following:
-caring is recognized as "Real work" and valued as a social contribution.
-those who need care are recognized as full members of society and are accorded rights, social standing, and the voice of citizens.
-those who do caring work are accorded social recognition and entitlements like other community-valued roles such as military service.

Question 2

In order to increase the value and importance of care giving in the United States, Glenn suggests rethinking and restructuring ______.

A) the family as the primary site of care, paid care, and employment practices
B) private care into communal and collectivized care, kin networks, and gender practices
C) the family as the primary site of care, employment practices, and private care into communal and collectivized care
D) kin network, gender practices, and paid care

Answer 2

A

Question 3

What is meant by the "crisis in care?"

A) Women entering the workforce has meant that there are fewer people to care for children, elderly, and chronically ill or disabled.
B) The popularization of violent video games and television shows has reduced the amount of care people have for others, leading to a less empathic society.
C) There are fewer and fewer people who are willing to undertake the education and specialization required to become professional caregivers.
D) Parenting trends are becoming overly attentive and some experts argue that "helicopter parents" put unfair expectations of care on their children, who will be unprepared for the real world.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Some theorists define care as a practice that encompass an ethic and an activity. Describe the ethic and the activity. Then, describe the three important features implied by this definition of care as a practice.

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT a consequence mentioned by Glenn of the relegation of care the private sphere and to women?

A) the devaluation of caring work and caring relationships
B) children are considered dependents
C) the exclusion of caring work and relationships from equality and rights
D) families and women are primarily responsible for care giving

Question 6

Glenn compares the challenge of recognizing mothering, parenting, and care giving to all of the following EXCEPT ______.

A) the Great Depression
B) the civil rights movement
C) the civil war
D) women's suffrage

Question 7

The devaluation of care work as ______ rationalizes the low wages and lack of benefits characteristic of care work.

A) taking little time and energy
B) important and necessary for national growth
C) feminine despite the physical nature of care
D) low-skilled despite the importance of emotional and psychological care

Question 8

What group makes up the majority of paid care workers?

A) white women
B) women of color
C) men and women of color
D) immigrant men

Question 9

The United States falls behind other Western nations in all of the following areas EXCEPT ______.

A) parental leave
B) family allowances
C) women in the workforce
D) healthcare coverage