SOC 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Nuclear Family, Domestic Violence, Baby Boom

• School: University of Miami
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 101
• Professor: La Torre Aurelie

Document Summary

Endogamy is marrying within one"s social group (caste system in india) Exogamy possible in most places: total exogamy rare. Monogamy = having one sexual partner at a time. Polygamy = having multiple sexual partners at the same time: polyandry = woman + many husbands, polygyny = man + several wives (islamic culture) Cultural norms & regulations help choose who your partner is. Normal couple lives in economically independent family. Parsons and the nuclear family: familiar form of mother, father and their children. Mandarucu villagers: men and women live, eat, sleep separate and meet up to have sex. Nuclear family makes up 6% families today. Cohabitation = living together w/o formal/legal religious sanctioning (not marrying) Women delaying marriage till longer (27 average now) Single parent families on the rise worldwide and here. Development of family tied to modernity, state formation and rise of modern economy. Family used to operate like a small business in olden says.