Religion and Current Social Practices - A dichotomy

Saima Shah

As I mentioned to Aliya, the current situation in the developed countries are favorably poised towards mothers as they are considered care givers and the fathers are supposed to be wage earners. But sociologists realize now that those distinctions are being torn down by the concept of career women. In fact there have been cases where women have given their former husbands child support and alimony (as the woman was more successful than their husbands). This is despite the fact that the ``average`` wage for the women continues to be 25% lower than that of the ``average`` male.

Re: Amin Saleh
``Let the number become more balanced (closer to 50-50 from 85-15 currently rather than collect more data about the characteristics of the dads and moms.``

Actually that would be unethical again. Remember the study was NOTt done exclusively on kids of divorced parents with court assigned custody. Most absent fathers in poor nieghborhoods are absent because the children were born out of wedlock, and dads were not comitted to keeping the child anyway.Since crime is most rampant amongst kids of poor nieghbor hoods, the divorced parents`s custody arrangements are irrelevant to the society`s crime level.


This may not seem all that clear but believe me, the more you`ll examine sociology research, the more evident it`ll become. These are only some of the reasons why this kind of studies are very popular in the popular media but do not hold water when examined for policy implementation purposes.

Gathering more information about dads and moms will be essential because this study does not provide all the answers.