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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am actually going to say that there is a bit of a reporting bias here.  In my experience, a lot of lower class women will report themselves as “still in the workforce “ when they are working 10-15 hours/wk, while most UMC women will report that they have stepped significantly back or even consider themselves SAHMs working similar hours.  Having friends and acquaintances in all social classes, I have not noticed a big difference in expectations at home or raising children.  In fact, with LC Hispanic women, I would say that gender roles are VERY much enforced.  [/quote]

I don't think that OP (and many others) actually know very many LC/LMC/WC families.  Gender norms are very much enforced, IME, among people further down the ladder, in terms of clothing, appearance, behavioral expectations, and relationship dynamics.  They don't look the same as the gender norms for UMC/UC people, but that's just a class difference in how those roles are expressed.  [/quote]

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