CRM 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Magdalene Asylum, The Magdalene Sisters, Male Privilege
30 Sep 2017
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Gendered relations: social contexts, family, and marriage law. A brief history of canadian family (kimmel and holler 2017) North america: far more complex and dynamic history than the idea of the so-called. Indigenous families lived in a variety of family structures. Female women had more power in groups marrying someone from one"s own clan. With colonization missionaries imposed their concepts of christian family life, including male privilege. Other settlers (example: fur traders) joined indigenous families. Became a distinct canadian model, the m tis people, one of three recognized. Residential and day schools to assimilate indigenous children. By 1930, there were 80 church-run residential schools in canada. Residential school syndrome includes painful separation of indigenous children from their families and communities, often along with abuse and substandard food. Less differentiation between the domestic and public spheres. Men and women did some different tasks but within the same social spaces, and both were involved in childrearing.
