Denise is a single mother of three who works a full-time job cleaning an office building. She makes $9 an hour and has to piece together child care for two of her children who are not yet in school, often paying neighbors in cash to watch her children. Despite her full-time employment, her family is struggling to survive.

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Terry Liu

18 October, 17:12

Denise is a single mother of three who works a full-time job cleaning an office building. She makes $9 an hour and has to piece together child care for two of her children who are not yet in school, often paying neighbors in cash to watch her children. Despite her full-time employment, her family is struggling to survive.

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What sociological concept does Denise's situation exemplify?

Answer:Feminization of Poverty

Explanation:The feminization of poverty is the phenomenon in which women experience poverty at rates that are overwhelming high in comparison to men. Also it occurs if poverty in a society is greatly lower among men and is only lhigher among women or female-headed homes. This poverty can be significantly noticed in single parent families like Denise and with little three children especially with no Support from the government.

In this situation, her children are the first to suffer under Thier family poor economic conditions.

Therefore, Economic growth is important for improving lifestyles of families, but is not enough on its own. It has to be properly managed, fully exploited and utilized, and equially distributed among genders.