SOCIOL 1A06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Civil Marriage Act, Queer Theory, Nuclear Family
11 Apr 2018
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Defining families (cid:862)a social group characterized by common residence, economic cooperation, and reproduction. Nuclear family: adult male, adult female, and offspring. The family into which one was born. The family one creates by having children or adopting children. A group of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling and are related to each other by blood, marriage, common-law or adoption. Seeks to dismantle prevailing discourse about families. Catego(cid:396)ies su(cid:272)h as (cid:862)good (cid:373)othe(cid:396)(cid:863) o(cid:396) (cid:862)good fathe(cid:396)(cid:863) satu(cid:396)ated i(cid:374) po(cid:449)e(cid:396) (cid:396)elatio(cid:374)s. Question assumption that all families are formed through heterosexual unions. Civil marriage act, bill c-38 legalized same-sex unions. Now, more countries have legalized same-sex marriages including iceland, south. 2011, 67% of canadian families were married couples compared to 83% in 1981. Cohabitation is legally binding; now prevalent in all classes. The line between legal marriages and cohabitation is not clear.
