Why is the "traditional family" a social anomaly? – Flashcards
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Endogamy
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marriage within a group
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Exogamy
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marriage outside of a group
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Monogamy
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person with one partner
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polygamy
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person with multiple partners
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polyandry
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women with multiple male partners
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polygyny
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male with multiple wives
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pre-industrial Family?
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Raised around work Partners in the household Women were skilled in market Monogamous relationship
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Pre-Industrial Family?
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Kids were the workers, usually africultural Birthing labor Kids were an economic asset, such as tend to the farm and train them to do work on the farm They need kids as an economic imperative
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How do economic relations change ( industrial revolution and Urbanization )
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Not at home Not a family unit working anymore Men have left home to work
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How do gender roles and class intersect in the family
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Some women worked while in the upper class women stayed at home with the children Individual wage earners who are dependent on others to produce what they cannot, such as producing food
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Traditional Family
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Dad works, mom stays home, married and with children Heterosexual and Monogamous Sex Role Theory (limited in western culture) Nuclear (Parents and biological children)
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Culture?
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Social networks - partner selection Meaning of marriage and family Internalized perceptions of appropriate "partner and children"
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Marriage laws
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define legal coupling
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Adoption laws
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define who is allowed to raise which groups of children
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Non-Traditional Families
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Cohabitation,Divorce and Serial Monogamy,Dual-Earner and Single Parent Families
