Families and households definitions Flashcards
What is a LAT?
Living Apart Together.
When two people are in a relationship but do not live under the same roof.
What is a nuclear family?
Two generational
Dependent children
Define divorce.
Legal termination of marriage.
Define separation.
Physical separation of spouses.
Define empty shell marriage.
People who are married in name only, and who live together. May only stay together because of children.
Define ‘shot gun weddings’.
Where couples marry to legitimise a pregnancy.
Define lone-parent family
A family unit headed by one parent usually a women
Define neo-conventional family
A dual earning family with a nuclear family structure
Define privatised family
A nuclear family separated from external kin
Define serial monogamy
When a person has been in two or more relationships one after another in the course of their lifetime
Define patriarchal ideology
The view/belief that men are more powerful within the family
Define nuclear family
A two generational family unit made up of two parents and dependent children
Define negotiated family
Where the women is in a stronger postition to negotiate on who takes what roles within the family
Define gender devision of Labour
When domestic work and roles are divided between male and females based on traditional gender stereotypes and expectations
Define matrilocal family
A family where the women is the head of the family in a female dominated household
Define the social constructions of childhood
The idea that childhood is created by social processes so is not a shared experience for all children as it varies between cultures and history
Define infant mortality rate
The number of deaths of children before their first birthday per 1000 per year
Define primary socialsation
When children are taught the culture of society by acquiring /being taught basic skills and values from their parents
Define net migration
The difference between the number of immigrants and emigrants for a country
Define family practices
The routines and actions through which we gain out sense of being a ‘family member’s eg shopping,cooking etc
Define cohabitation
When two people live together in the same household who are in a relationship but are not married
Define age patriarchy
The inequalities between adults and children
Define triple shift
Women are expected to take on 3 responsiblities/tasks including paid work,domestic work and emotional work
Define Labour saving devices
Technological advancements that reduce the amount of time spent on domestic work eg dishwashed ,vacuum,washing machine etc
Define role allocation
The idea that some roles are still done either more primarily by men or women
Define social policies
Refers to the plans and actions of governments based on laws that are designed to govern/ regulate/shape society and people’s lives
Define capitalism
An increase economic system which encourages and celebrates private wealth and individual accumulation of capital
Define proletariat
Refers to the non-owning majority,the subject class who lack power and wealth and are usually exploited by the ruling class: they accept inequality as they suffer false consciousness
Define false consciousness
Describes the labouring class as a deluded group who are not aware of the full extent of their economic exploitation
