SOCI 101 Lecture 5: SOCIOLOGY JAN 17
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Victorian working class contributions to the tnf: teens would stay home and bring their wages back to support the family. They (cid:449)ould(cid:374)"t go to s(cid:272)hool (cid:271)(cid:272) they (cid:449)ould (cid:271)e (cid:449)orki(cid:374)g: extended families began to emerge saving money by staying together. Working class families have a tendency to stay together bc of economic necessity: wo(cid:373)e(cid:374)"s stru(cid:272)turally su(cid:271)ordi(cid:374)ate positio(cid:374) i(cid:374) the ho(cid:373)e. Wo(cid:373)e(cid:374) (cid:449)ould(cid:374)"t (cid:271)e allo(cid:449)ed to go to s(cid:272)hool or (cid:449)ork. Characteristics of the victorian middle class family: birth of the middle class + the middle class family, birth of the knowledge worker/white collar worker, a nuclear unit: working father, domestic mother, children @ play. Middle class children = playing: women focussing more exclusively on child rearing. Middle class families had domestic help: cook, cleaning lady. Could ha(cid:448)e it (cid:862)all(cid:863) children, work, education: small growth in extended families. Stop having 6-7 children and having 3-4 bc we know that the kids would live now. Before the child death was high: monogamy.
