sociology (family)
when did courtship cease to exist in the US?
1900s
how does the US census bureau define family?
2 or more persons living in the same household, related by blood, marriage, or adoption
what is the average age men get married? women?
27 men, 25 women
who said family was the most violent group?
Richard Gelles
who is omitted based on the US bureau's definition of family?
homosexuals, cohabitation, divorce, military, extended family
define matrilocal
husband living with or near wife's family
what causes divorce?
individualism, romantic love fades, women are less dependent, many marriages are stressful, divorce is socially acceptable, divorce is easier to get
define marriage
legal relationship, usually involving
how does family perpetuate inequality?
property and inheritance, patriarchy, race and ethnicity
define courtship
publicly visible process with rules and restrictions through which young men/women find a partner to marry
what does stephanie coontz argue about family?
The image of the perfect family was romanticized
define arranged marriage
parents select spouses
what does 'going steady' mean?
boy and girl agree to date only each other- trial run to marriage
define blended family
combination of children from different marriages
what is the weakest type of family?
domestic partnership
define egalitarian
equal authority between sexes
define nuclear family
family composed of one or two parents and their children
define extended family
family composed of parents and children as well as other kin
what are the 3 things family provides under the symbolic-interaction approach?
family offers opportunity for intimacy, build emotional bonds, parents are authority figures
what does social class determine
family's financial security and range of opportunities
define matriarchal
female dominated
what does the FMLA do?
guarantees 90 unpaid days, job upon return (if there are more than 50 employees)
define patriarchal
male dominated
define exogamy
marriage outside social group
define endogamy
marriage within one's social group
what were the factors that caused dating to decline?
migration from rural areas to cities, rise of industrial capitalism, higher standard of living, lengthening of adolescence
define polygamy
multiple spouses at one time
define polygyny
one husband with multiple wives
define monogamy
one husband, one wife
define romantic marriage
one selects partner based on love
define polyandry
one wife, multiple husbands
What are the 5 functions of family?
regulating sexual behavior, replacing member of society who die, socializing young, providing care and emotional support, confirming social status
define kinship
social bond based on common ancestry, marriage, adoption
define family
social institution found in all societies that unites people in cooperative groups to care for one another, including children
what was the key change between courting and dating?
spending money
define bilateral
traced through both mother's and father's lineage
define patrilineal
traced through father's lineage
define matrilineal
traced through mother's lineage
define serial monogamy
two or more successive spouses
define neolocal
wife and husband live apart from parents
define patrilocal
wife living with or near husband's family
who divorces?
young couples, lack $ and maturity, unexpected pregnancy, parents who divorced, successful careers, if they have divorced once-likely to do it again