SOCIOLOGY CHAPTER 12 family

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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

TRUE

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)


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