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What is marriage and purpose?
- -focuses on strengthening marriage and view childrearing as central purpose of marriage
- -conservative hates the idea of divorce, having children out of wedlock and cohabitation
- -favors policy that promotes marriage as the way out of problems.
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utilitarian individualism
puts emphasis on self-reliance and personal achievement
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expressive individualism
places emphasis on developing one's feelings and emotional satisfaction
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What are some of the reason why many are postponing marriage?
- -feel less of a need to do so
- -staying in school
- -developing a career
- -cohabiting
- -having children outside of marriage
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What is the trend for marriage in the U.S.?
- -many are postponing it to pursure other interest like career and schooling
- -average age for men is 28.4 years
- -average age for women is 26.5 years
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What is a family? Breadwinner-Homemaker
- -traditional views
- -men go to work and provide economic resources
- -women stay at home and take care of family
- -social conservative view this as the only "right" family
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What are some definition of a family?
- -a unit made up of tow or more people who are related by blood, marriage or adoption and who live together, form an economic unit, and bear and raise children
- -two or more people living together who are related by birth, marriage or adoption (u.s. census)
- -a family is an intimate environment in which two or more people live together in commited relationship, care for one another and any children, share activities (functions) and close emotional ties.
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What is the trend in traditional family?
- The traditional familiy in the united states have been decreasing from 60% in 1972 to 29% in 2007.
- married couples households declining as well.
- single parents household are increasing
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fictive kin:
nonrelatives who are accepted as part of the family, may have a stronger bond than the one establised by blood or marriage
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List the 5 functions of the family
- 1. regulation of sexual activity
- 2. procreation and socialization of children
- 3. economic security
- 4. emotional support
- 5. social class placement
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family functions: sexual regulation
- -setting boundaries for appropriate sexual partners: incest taboo
- -socialization about circumstances for sexual relaions
- -group membership (endogamy, or exogamy)
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Endogamy
marriage within the same group
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exogamy
marriage outside the group
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family functions: procreation and socialization of children
- -procreation
- -socialization
- -children learn from parents and sibs, learn about role, obligations and responsibilities that is attached to that role
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family function: economic security
provide basic nessecity, ensure physical survival
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family function; emotional support
- -support structure within the family
- -provide nurturance, love and support, encouragement, promote happiness, health and security
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family functions: social class placement
- children are born into a particular social class that the parents is in.
- -middle class couples are likely to share household chores
- -lower class couples are at greater risk for family problems.
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trends in changing families
- -U.S. birth rates have decline
- -increase in the number of non-family households
- -increase in the number of singles and cohabiting couples
- -increase in divorces
- -increase in step families
- -higher percentage of employed
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The family is deteriorating
Marriages are in a state of “extreme collapse”
- High rates of divorce, children born out of
- wedlock, “latch-key children,” increase in the number of individuals no getting married, increase in single parent families, increase number of mothers working outside the home
- Why?
- Lack of individual responsibility
- Lack of commitment to the family
- People are just plain selfish
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what are the benefits and cost of traditional views and gender roles
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