SOC 502 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Sibling Abuse, Elder Abuse, Psychological Abuse
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Parents think it is good training control to teach children how to live in a capitalist society, parents don"t like to interfere because they want their children to learn how to fight for themselves. Extreme tickling: over tickling another sibling i. e. sibling faints when they see a fish, so sibling constantly waves a fish so they faint . Young children, under age of 8: material possessions (i. e. toys, clothes), parental attention especially from their mother. Youth ages 14-19: fighting over chores because you do not want to complete your family obligation. Male siblings: socialized and regulated through the social construction of masculinity encouraged to be physical so they tend to use physical and sexual violence. Female siblings: social construction of femininity use their words (sometimes they use physical) but most use verbal, emotional and psychological abuse. Doesn"t explain how people who haven"t been abused become abuser.