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51)Discontinuity in blended families is common in the relationship between A)mother and father B)husband and wife C)grandparent and child D)parent and child E)siblings 52)What happens to the relationship between children and their grandparents after a divorce or separation? A)The relationship grows stronger between both sets of grandparents and the grandchildren. B)The former daughter-in-law tries to maintain as much contact as possible between her children and their paternal grandparents. C)Paternal grandparents are most at risk of losing contact with their grandchildren. D)A continuous relationship with grandparents can have severely negative consequences for children. E)Children often go to live with their grandparents immediately after their parents separate or divorce. 53)According to the chapter, what seems to provide the most satisfaction to widows? A)Regular contact with family B)Getting involved with new activities C)Having new sexual relationships D)Regular contact with peers E)Knowing doctors are around for support 54)In 2001, approximately _____of both men and women aged 65 or over were divorce, compared with _____ in 1971. A)10% and 5%. B)5% and 10%. C)1% and 6%. D)6% and 1%. E)25% and 15%. 55)Which answer is an example of intergenerational contagion in society today? A)Teenagers wearing big saggy jeans B)Non-martial unions becoming more common among the elderly C)For a person that is in their late twenties… all their friends start to get married D)A change in job, house and/or in a persons mid 40’ E)Parents ages 35 to 50 are attending more hip hop concerts. 56)In Canada, the majority of gay and lesbian families with children had these children _____________________. A)together naturally in the same-sex union. B)through international adoption. C)with the help of a paid surrogate mother. D)through new reproductive technologies such as in vitro fertilization. E)in a heterosexual relationship. 57)Post gender families can be defined as A)a traditional white picket fence’ family. B)families with a clear division of labour along gender lines. C)families where women tend to do more traditional male chores such as mowing the lawn. D)families which blur the line of domestic division on labour among the two sexes. E)families where gender is not involved in household or domestic division of labour at all. 58)In reconceptualizing families in research, families are now being defined more by A)what they do. B)what they are. C)what they represent. D)their structure. E)their relationships. 59)Oerton (1997) concludes in her article “Queer Housewives” that: A)lesbian mothers are highly dissatisfied and unhappy in their role as mother. B)creative new solutions to family processes and division of labour may be found in closer studies of gay and lesbian families. C)gay men do not make good fathers and lesbian women do not make good mothers. D)children raised in gay or lesbian households have severe emotional problems. E)gay and lesbian parents are better able to raise happy and healthy children than heterosexual parents. 60)Risman and Johnson-Sumerford (1998) suggested which of the following pathways to post-gender marriages? A)A dual-career household. B)A dual-nurturer relationship. C)A post-traditional relationship. D)Egalitarian relationships. E)All of the above.