Iceland Lifestyles

Running head: ICELAND LIFESTYLES 1
Iceland Lifestyles
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ICELAND LIFESTYLES 2
ICELAND LIFESTYLES
Question 1
The 1880 Toronto residents reacted the way they did because they thought that the
lifestyle portrays by the 2019 travelers would spoil their children. The two had different
lifestyles and they thought that the current lifestyle will mislead their children. There is also the
possibility that their traditional rules and regulations prohibit the character showed by travelers.
The current culture of the travelers has been influenced by the tradition and culture of the
European, especially French and British, and by their own indigenous cultures. The travelers also
borrowed American culture (Kaufman, 2017). The change in culture can also make the Toronto
residents behave the way they did because most of the traditional people were quite restricted to
their cultures.
Life cycle patterns, Marriage, and families, gender/sex division of labor, as well as
gender relations, have all changed. In 1880, the idea family was made up of a man and a woman.
The man and woman were to commit to each other for life. The family function in 2019 is
different as compared to 1880. During 1880, men in Toronto participated in income-generating
activities, either by working for wages or running a business. In 1880, most women performed
home duties as well as caring for their families (Hearn, Aboim & Shefer, 2018). The most
important change that the 1880 Toronto residents might find problematic includes:
Changing family structure, an aging population and lower fertility rate have led to an
increasing number of households without children. During 2019, the households in Canada are
made up of one or two children. In traditional households, there was no limit on the number of
children.
There is also a change in patterns of the partnership; both increasing divorce rates and
failing marriage rates have led to an increase in reconstituted families and sole-parent families.

ICELAND LIFESTYLES 3
In 2019, the divorce rate per families increases as compared to the rate of divorce in the year
1880. There is also a decline in the rates of marriage. This is because of living apart together, the
weekend relationships, and there are more individuals cohabiting before marriage.
Parents in work; there has been a group in the number of women in the job market and
this is linked to the increasing number of women staying in employment or re-entering the labor
market. In the year 2019, more women are in paid employment
Marriage as well as family formation; in 2019, Most of the Men and Women marry from
different ethnic or racial groups. During 1880, an Indian woman who married men who are not
Indian lost their status and they were never regarded as the Indians but the status of Indian men
remained. This rule was rampant in 1880 but was challenged in the year 1885 because it was
taken as sex discrimination. The act removed the discrimination and allowed for marriage
regardless of the race.
The responsibilities of the parents changed; in the modern world, parents share the
responsibility of taking care of their children because of work and social constraints.
Nevertheless, holidays which are not in the 1880 Toronto family, enable most of the families to
spend time with their children.
Question 2
There has been progressed for women in Iceland and Canada. Today, the daily lives of
women in both countries changed. Some of the major changes that took place in the lives of
women are decision making power and the economic role of women. For instance, many of the
women today rerun most of the TVs shows in Canada. Also, more women in both the two
countries participate in the labor force. However, women and men in both Canada and Iceland
are not provided with similar opportunity to participate socially and economically. Most of the