SOCIOL 1Z03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Civil Marriage Act, Nuclear Family, Post-Structuralism

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCIOL 1Z03
• Professor: Dr. Lina Samuel

Document Summary

A couple may be of opposite sex or same sex: economic family:- 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. Couple may be of opposite sex or same sex: defining families, eichler (1990, monolithic bias - one ideal type of family is considered normal South africa, norway, portugal, argentina and sweden: marriage is on the decline, 2011, 67% of canadian families were married couples compared to 83% in. Industrialization led to functions associated with families becoming more specialized: expressive role:- responsible for emotional well-being of the family members and socialization of children. Income generation and household management: families depend on two types of labour, income generating work, unpaid domestic labour. In conflict with one another: state negotiates these conflicts partially through schools and healthcare. Men exhibit a tendency to think of women as sexual and reproductive.