SOC 001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Exogamy, Asian Americans, Endogamy

• School: College of The Sequoias
• Department: Sociology (SOC)
• Course: SOC 001
• Professor: silva

Document Summary

Authority: matriarchal the oldest females control cultural, political, and economic resources, patriarchal the oldest men control cultural, political, and economic resources, egalitarian both partners share power and authority equally. Patrilocal a newly married couple lives with the husband"s family. Matrilocal a newly married couple lives with the wife"s family. Neolocal the newly married couple sets up its own residence. Marriage a socially approved mating relationship that people expect to be stable and enduring. African americans emphasis on religious commitment, higher achievement. Native americans emphasis on extended families/kinship and family heritage. Asian americans extended families, discipline, educational success. Middle eastern americans extended families, respect and education. Boomerang generation young adults move back into their parents" home or never leave. Dual earner/income couples both partners are employed outside the home. Reasons for dual income families: economic need/ lifestyle, declining birthrate, increase in women with a college degree influences by women"s movement, shift from manufacturing to service economy.