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Show Tvtday, May S, Dual-inco- families must adjust lifestyles for children me By Shausa Bona Chronicle associate editor home with the couple's son, Justin Many modern couples who are eager to discard the traditional Leave it to Beat er family structure don't realize how little advertising, said he and Klein were able to accept changes for reasons that don't exist in other relationships. Clark is older than Klein and was heavily involved in his career before he knew her. He said he is happy with the evolution of their roles because it has opened vistas and allowed him to relax on the work ethic and enjoy life more. "At present, I feel that I'm much more on a career track than Dan. He has been, but that's not where he is right now. "He works outside the home much less and is more available in terms of Justin's Klein-Clar- k. American society has changed to accommodate dual --career families. ' Nan Klein, a University of Utah psychology professor who works while her partner takes charge of most child-reariduties, said dual-care- er couples must ng adjust their lives around traditional institutions such as schools and doctor's offices. dentist hours Whether it's nine-to-fior three month summer vacations for school children, institutions assume a full-tim- e, caretaker exists in most families. "Accommodating children adds a wrinkle to dual-incolifestyles," she said. "You have to decide who is going to stay home when the child is sick; whose career can be sacrificed in that way." In most families, the woman's career is sacrificed because women still earn less ve at-ho- me average income than men. However, Klein's partner, Dan Clark, opted to stay Clark, who formerly worked in needs." Klein and Clark began their relationship rather traditionally. Although they always contributed equally in domestic expenses, he earned more money and therefore spent more toward entertainment and travel. Although the couple is happy with the way their roles have evolved and expects them to evolve more in the future, Klein said the change can be difficult. Ponce from page nine "There great deal in research about emotions and its effects on health. We men do not learn to identify our is a "You still have to battle with your own socialized images of how the ideal male and female should be. "For me the most important thing is feelings. We just sit on them. Men die on average at least 10 years sooner than women," Ponce said. Some experts theorize that three-fourtof the difference in life expectancy between males and females can be accounted for by sex behaviors. "This is because when men are socialized to constantly ignore feelings, they get out of touch with their affective life as well as their internal body signs. Thus, poor health can emerge suddenly and unexpectedly," he said. tradition. "It does have to do with the Judeo-ChristiAnd the United States was founded on the premise of the rugged individual, the Marlboro man," he said. Perhaps the direction we need to move in is androgyny. Ponce said some of the literature indicates that androgyny is more balanced and healthy. "There is the flexibility to cry, to be vulnerable, to compete, to use intuition. It's not based on a stereotypical way of functioning." The androgynous personality incorporates masculinity and femininity to fit the appropriateness of the situation. "I think some men will have a tough time with this concept. They may be able to accept it intellectually but they will have problems accepting it at a gut (emotional) level," he said. Because masculinity is defined by what it isn't a set of "prohibited" feminine behaviors, it supports two critical socializing forces in boy's lives misogany and homophobia. These are the flip side of the same coin because homophobia is the hatred of feminine qualities in men, while misogny is the hatred of feminine qualities in women. He speculated that modifying sex roles may be even more difficult because society's pendulum is swinging back hs role-relat- ed an Tuesday & Wednesday, May BLIND MICE 5-- 6 60 East 800 South Call our hotline for weekly specials 533-034- 11937 0 I that we are clear with each other. When we are not resolved with the two of us, the reaction we get outside the family can have an impact." toward a more conservative time. "Racism is becoming more blatant. We've retreated from the changes we made in the '60s. There is less acceptance of any differences of language, color, physical appearance, cultural background, religion," he said. Although he hasn't previously done work with men's studies, he. has had an interest in the subject for sometime. "As a ChicanoHispanic male, I became sensitive early on to discrimination, racism," he said. "I have had personal experiences with being stereotyped. Thus, I have been more sensitive to being pigeonholed or categorized. I see that, as a male, I am also being subjected to categorizations or expectations that are rigid, somewhat inflexible and may be damaging to my health," he said. CSIUSSS from page nine . sector jobs. Although some unemployed men handle the situation positively by going back into the home and assuming domestic responsibilities, others can't handle the psychological shift, he said. James said it is difficult to predict which alternative a man "will take, and that more sociological surveys and studies are needed. A lack of good research also makes it difficult to tell how significant sex role changes have been. "Some men are changing; some aren't. Statistically you can't tell. It is my impression that changes aren't as significant as we make them out to be," he said. 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