SOCIOL 1A06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Talcott Parsons, Symbolic Interactionism, Male Privilege
1 Nov 2016
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Important because: de nitions of families shape government social policy and inform the decisions we make about how to live our lives. Lial responsibility law - adult children to provide. Nancial support to elderly parent in nancial need - take to court) Policies around social assistance can have effect of deterring relationship formation. Eligibility rules ignore fact that cannot always assume new partner is always providing economic support. Bene t levels drop if cohabit with partner/remarries. Newly formed relationships, blended families - less pooling of money (ex. joint accounts) Welfare rules speci cally prohibiting single mothers from living with and receiving nancial support from anyone. Welfare policy weakened black families because at one time when households more likely to be uid or generational, were replaced by single parent households because thats what welfare policy required. Governments imposed de nitions of marriage and who can be married in past excluded interfaith/inter-race relationships, cohabitation/common-law (denied access to bene ts)
