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Prompt 2:
After watching the following video clip, consider and answer the following questions the questions that follow.
Chain of Love [6:42] Many families who can afford domestic help rely on immigrants from poor nations such as the Philippines to help with child care. This clip examines the challenges that women face when they are forced to leave their own children behind to work for families in wealthier nations overseas.
https://wwnorton.com/common/mplay/6.11/?p=/college/soc/&f=Chain_of_Love&ft=mp4&cc=1
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Why do the women who work as domestics overseas choose to leave their families, including young children, behind?
If the women interviewed refused to leave their native country (and their children), what do you think the consequences would be for the women? Their families? The Philippines?
What structural factors do you think created the need for foreign child care in Western nations?
Overall, who do you think benefits most from this labor arrangement?
Prompt 3:
After watching the following video clips, consider and answer the following questions the questions that follow.
Daddy and Papa [6:38] A San Francisco couple faces the challenges of being both gay and multiracial parents of an African American boy.
https://wwnorton.com/common/mplay/6.11/?p=/college/socio7dvd/&f=daddy_and_papa&ft=mp4&cc=1
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Finding Family [5:50] Gays and lesbians have been banned from adopting children in several states. In this selection, parents and social workers discuss this issue.
https://wwnorton.com/common/mplay/6.11/?p=/college/soc/&f=Finding_Family&ft=mp4&cc=1
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Why do you think that LGBT adoption has been such a controversial issue in some states?
What assumptions are commonly made about gays and lesbians adopting children?
How does adoption itself challenge traditional notions of family?
What challenges do gay men in particular face in becoming parents?
Given that many children in the foster system never find permanent homes, why do you think some states still do not allow gay and lesbian couples to adopt them?
What fears do people have about gay men raising kids? How accurate are these fears?
Prompt 4:
After watching the following video clip, consider and answer the following questions the questions that follow. PLEASE NOTE: This video clip concerns elder abuse and discussion of abuse.
A Mother Never Gives Up Hope [8:46] Elder abuse sometimes takes place between adult children and their elderly parents. In this selection, two women talk about their abuse.
https://wwnorton.com/common/mplay/6.11/?p=/college/soc/&f=A_Mother_Never_Gives_Up_Hope&ft=mp4&cc=1
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How does elder abuse challenge conventional meanings of family? Of mothering?
What factors make it hard for the women in this clip to set boundaries with their abusers?
Why do you think this form of domestic violence is rarely discussed?
In what ways might the women in this selection be partly dependent on their abusive sons? What policies might help them become less dependent?