Stratified Reproduction and Poor Women’s Resistance

McCormack, Karen

doi:10.1177/0891243205278010

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“…Living with parents or relatives is one common way that low-wage workers and low-income mothers on public assistance make ends meet and balance the needs of work and family (Edin & Lein, 1997;McCormack, 2005). In recent decades, more young adults between the ages of nineteen and thirty have lived with their parents (Messineo & Wojtkiewicz, 2004), and those with less education or those who encounter unemployment or divorce are more likely to return home than those with stable employment and family experiences (Goldscheider & Goldscheider, 1999;Ward & Spitze, 1992).…”

Section: Strategies For Managing Work and Familymentioning

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Social class and the experience of work-family conflict during the transition to adulthood

Ammons

Kelly

2008

New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development

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The challenges of juggling work and family responsibilities are well known, but there has been little attention to the distinctive work and family experiences of young adults. This chapter explores how class affects young adults' exposure to work-family conflicts and the strategies they use to manage their work and family responsibilities. Using data from a recent cohort of young adults, we find class and gender variations in work and family roles and work-family conflict. Early family formation, coupled with poor working conditions, lead those with lower educational attainments to experience more years of family-to-work interference. In contrast, young adults with more education have more work-to-family interference, and this is especially true for college-educated women.

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Section: Strategies For Managing Work and Familymentioning

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Social class and the experience of work-family conflict during the transition to adulthood

Ammons

Kelly

2008

New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development

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“…Mothers who are sacrificing and child-centered are "good," mothers who are unable to fulfill this ideal tend to be devalued and marginalized (McCormack, 2005). These intersecting discourses can create conflict for women who cannot adhere to one or both.…”

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Health Disparities in Procreation: Unequal Access to Assisted Reproductive Technologies

Kissil

Davey

2012

Journal of Feminist Family Therapy

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There is a significant increase in the use of assisted reproductive technology to treat infertility, yet access to services is not equal for all women in the United States. Some marginalized groups face significant barriers accessing assisted reproductive technology. The authors review obstacles preventing marginalized populations from procreating, based on class, race and ethnicity, age, marital status, sexual orientation, and disability. The sociopolitical climate in the United States that maintains these obstacles is evaluated by the authors in this article. Finally, suggestions are provided for structural changes to decrease disparities in access to assisted reproductive technology and recommendations for family therapists working with clients who are unable to access assisted reproductive technology.

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“…This assertion reinforced welfare's historical devaluing of poor women and women of color as mothers (McCormack 2005; Roberts 1997, 2002). One example of PRWORA's regulation of reproduction is “family cap” policies that allow states to prohibit increasing a family's financial assistance if the mother has another child while receiving welfare.…”

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Jezebel at the Welfare Office: How Racialized Stereotypes of Poor Women’s Reproductive Decisions and Relationships Shape Policy Implementation

2014

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Current welfare scholarship lacks an analysis of how caseworkers discuss sexuality-related issues with clients. Seventy-two of 232 transcribed welfare interviews in three states included discussion of reproductive decisions and relationships. Overall, caseworkers’ language reflected negative myths regarding African American women's sexuality and motherhood. By virtue of their status as welfare recipients, regardless of their individual races, clients were placed into racialized myths through workers’ talk. This analysis demonstrates that though not present in every welfare interview and often veiled in bureaucratic language, negative ideas about poor women's sexuality persist in welfare policy and are deeply embedded in its day-to-day implementation.

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Stratified Reproduction and Poor Women’s Resistance

Cited by 92 publications

References 13 publications

Social class and the experience of work-family conflict during the transition to adulthood

Social class and the experience of work-family conflict during the transition to adulthood

Health Disparities in Procreation: Unequal Access to Assisted Reproductive Technologies

Jezebel at the Welfare Office: How Racialized Stereotypes of Poor Women’s Reproductive Decisions and Relationships Shape Policy Implementation

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