SOCIOLOGY CHAPTER 12 family
CONFLICT THEORY and the Family
-family relationships reinforce and reflect inequalities in society -shaped by capitalism -families socialize children to be obedient, subordinate to authority and good consumers
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quiz question married people tend to live longer than unmarried people
"Second shift"
women's responsibility for housework and child care on top of her job -- everything from cooking dinner to doing laundry, bathing children, reading bedtime stories, and sewing Halloween costumes. (page 467)
Kinship networks
***pattern of relationships that define peoples family relationships to one another. strings of relationships between people related by blood and co-residence (that is, marriage). (page 459) LECTURE: a pattern of relationships that define peoples family relationships to one another *Characterized by -how many marriage partners are permitted (polygamy/monogamy) -how decent is determined and how property is passed on (patrilineal-through father decent, matrilineal- through mothers decent, bilateral- both sides) (where the family resides) (how power is distributed) -who is permitted to marry whom (exogamy/endogamy) anti-miscegenation law (prohibit biracial marriage)
FEMINIST THEORY and the FAMILY
-family is primary institution producing gender relations in society -the family is a system of power relations and social conflict -the family is a gendered institution and critical of perspectives that take woman's place in families for granted
definition of family
LECTURE: overtime the def. changed, to more specific definitions -elements added and criteria opened and closed
FUNCTIONALISM and the Family
LECTURE: -Families exist to meet societal standards/needs -socializing the young -regulating sexual activity and procreation -prevailing physical care for family members -giving psychological support and emotional security to members
Nuclear family
familial form consisting of a father, a mother, and their children. (page 453) ***a couple and their dependent children, regarded as a basic social unit.
Breakdown of the family
families in the 50's -marked new trend with less diverse, more marriage, higher birthrate -not so idyllic -unwed mothers -unhappy woman- greater anxiety and depression now -woman in the workplace have more control over income -father involvement -different family forms (gay/single)
Extended family
kin networks that extend outside or beyond the nuclear family. (page 455) ***a family that extends beyond the nuclear family, including grandparents, aunts, uncles, and other relatives, who all live nearby or in one household.
Cohabitation
living together in an intimate relationship without formal legal or religious sanctioning. (page 456) ***two people who are not married live together
Exogamy
marriage to someone outside one's social group. (page 452)
Endogamy
marriage to someone within one's social group. (page 452)
Cult of domesticity
the notion that true womanhood centers on domestic responsibility and child rearing. (page 461)
Polygamy
the practice of having MORE THAN ONE sexual partner or spouse at a time. (page 452)
Polyandry
the practice of having multiple husbands simultaneously. (page 452)
Polygyny
the practice of having multiple wives simultaneously. (page 452)
Monogamy
the practice of having only one sexual partner or spouse at a time. (page 452)
Miscegenation
the technical term for interracial marriage, literally meaning 'a mixing of kinds'; because the term is politically and historically charged, sociologists generally prefer exogamy or outmarriage. (page 486)
