SOCIOL 3CC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Childbirth, Distributive Justice, Filial Piety
5 Dec 2017
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Greater diversity in sibling ties over the lc: change in parents" marital status (marital history, half siblings. Brothers or sisters who share only one biological parent: step siblings. Non-biological siblings through the remarriages of your mother or father: adoptive siblings, more research on the diversity in sibling ties is needed. Definitional issue in research: how siblings are defined affects our research findings, treat them separately (biological, half or step) or lump them into one category, depends on your research focus/objective. Ambiguous legal standing of step ties: act like family but are not legally sanctioned as fully family members (the ambivalence perspective) In comparison with : adoptive siblings (legally sanctioned, more like biological siblings) What do (biological) siblings share: family values & norms, sentiments & belonging (typically early in life, birth cohort, ethnicity, social class (early in life) Diversity among siblings: being full, half or step siblings, gender & sexual orientation, social class (more noticeable in adulthood)
