Chapter 9 Slides Flashcards
What is a Structural definition of family?
It defines family based on particular statuses or roles (such as parent, child) and a specific physical location (living in the same dwelling)
What does the Functional definition of family focus on?
Internal processes or function of the family relationships; the doing of family life. Who takes care of who for example
What is the definition of Family by the Vanier institute?
Points to a wider array of processes of functions, emphasizing ties of mutual consent, birth, adoption, or placement. Also caregiving
What does the Emotional definition describe family as?
An group of members who love and care for one another
What are Fictive kin?
Individuals who are not related by blood, marriage, or adoption but who assume some of the benefits and some of the obligations of family life
How do the definitions affect people on the macro level?
It could affect workplace benefits, tax benefits, decision making power
What is the trend of marriage rate?
Less people are deciding to get married, and when they do get married, they are doing it later in life
Why is common law relationships increasing?
Could be cost of living and people are moving out with their romantic partner to offset the cost
Why are divorces increasing?
Because the laws surrounding divorces are changing. People used to only be able to divorce if there was some type of fault like abuse or cheating
What are the two perspectives that have been applied to the issue of the declining or changing family?
Family Pluralism and Family Decline
What does the Family Decline Perspective see?
It sees that traditonal heterosexula families are decreasing for a whole host of reasons and argues that this change is detrimental to society and that anything outside the ideal family is bad
What does the family pluralism perspective see?
It is supportive of the growing diversity in families and suggests that some of the golden ideas that the family decline perspective believes are not accurate and that these ignore realities like poverty and family violence which have always been apart of families of all types.
What does more recent research of Family Pluralism and Family decline say?
Both of these perspective over simplify the family and each ignores negative realities of their given times
What is the Feminization of poverty?
The pattern that women are more economically disadvantaged than men
What was the 60s scoop?
When there were social issues among indigenous populations due to residential schools and so the government took the children from families and put them into the care of the states
