SOCI 1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Social Forces, Nuclear Family, Virginity

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI 1002
• Professor: Tamy Superle

Document Summary

Composed of a married couple or a common-law couple, with or without children, or of a lone-parent living with at least one child in the same dwelling. A couple can be of the opposite sex of the same sex. Functionalists argue nuclear family is ideally suited to meet what societies need to survive because it provides basis to five main functions: sexual regulation, economic cooperation, reproduction, socialization, emotional support. Heterosexual, married couple with un married child/children. Rather went out to work and earn the families income. Basis for transferring power, property, and privilege from one generation to the next. Class of parents influences children"s socialization, experiences, and the protection they receive. Children inherit privilege or less-than-privileged and economic status. About 1/5 of north american women between 40-45 have never given birth. While infertility may be the reason, more common factors are: rising cost of raising a child, growth of attractive alternatives.