family (week 11) Flashcards
what are the functions of the family?
- family is a primary agent of socialization
- family is a social institution (has patterns of beliefs, behaviours, and relationships that help to order society, therefore, keeping society stable)
- family is a unifying institution involving co-operation and care
what are the different marriage patterns?
endogamy: marriages that take place within the confines of a particular group (e.g. marrying within religious group or social class)
* allows you to maintain social position
* people tend to marry within osical class therefore most marriages are endogamous
exogamy: marriages between people of different social categories (e.g. mixed race or interabled marriages)
* links communities and builds alliances
what is monogamy?
marriage that unifies two partners
what is polygamy?
marriage that unites a person with two or more spouses
what are the types of polygamy?
polygyny: marriage that united one man with two or more women
polyandry: marriage that united one woman with two or more men
how is family constructed?
kin based ties: marriage, ancestry, adopting
fictive kin ties: don’t have kin ties but have critical role in life (found family)
- family size has been shrinking over past 50 years
what is the difference between extended and nuclear family?
extended family: consanguinal group - related by blood
nuclear family: conjugal group - bonded by marriage
what is the double burden of women
women work both outside and inside the family
* are paid lower wages than men and are unpaid for household labour
what are the gender roles of women and trends in canada?
- women do more indoor labour and men do more outdoor
- more than 1/3 of couples report women primarily performing child-care tasks
- mediated by education (education = more equal division of labour
- couples without children divide tasks more equally
- women pas 80 cents to the dollar
what is the gender imbalence in parental leave
both parents may be able to take parental leave
* 90% of mothers take leave while only 125 of fathers do
* there are organizational and structural barriers such as income considereations, eligibility calculations, gender consrtuctions of masculinity
when was gay marriage legalized?
legalized in 2005
* roughly 900000 (3.2%) of pop in 2021 in LGB
* there was an initial burst in gay marriage after legalization but not marriage rates are lower than heterosexual
* are less likely to have children
how are queer families impacted by gender roles?
queer families still face same rhythms of family life as heterosexual couples
* without children duties are divided more equally
* with children family begins to divide tasks as heterosexual couples
still fall into socialized gender roles
* E.g., gay men with more income will do less household tasks; birth mothers will see slight pay decrease, perform more child-care task
what is annette lareau’s view on child rearing?
she wrote book “unequal childhoods”
* economic position in society is tied to idfferences in cultural logics of parenting
* culural logics: differences in parenting approach that leads to different advantages for children (e.g. nurturing vs avoidance)
what are the two perspectives on parenting>
- conerted cultiavtion (middle class)
* Parental role is to develop the child- make sure they have lots of experiences (Lots of organizational activities)
* Children develop sense of entitlement in institutional settings; they learn to question adults and treat them as equals - expect individualized treatment
* Children develop skills that are valuable in future when entering world of work - prepping to become bosses - Accomplishment and natural growth (working class/poor)
* Parents do not consider concerted development (and activities) essential aspect of good parenting
* Set clear boundaries between adults & children - setting diresctives more than persuading children with reasoning
* Children have more control over their leisure activities- long stretches of leisure time, child- initiated play (playing outside, seeing close kin)
* This logic is out of step with standards of social institutions - WC/poor gain sense of distance, distrust & constraint in INST experiences
how has the family changed?
- The make-up and behaviors of Canadian families has changed.
- Marriage and divorce rates are more difficult to define. (Stats Canada no longer tracks marriage and divorce rates)
- In ontario - living together for 3 years is common law and get to reap some benefits but not same benefits if married
