SOC 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Patrilineality, Bilateral Descent, Nuclear Family
1 Apr 2019
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Defining family: family: consists of relationships in which people live together with commitment, form an economic unit and care for any young [and the aged], and consider their identity to be significantly attached to the group. Love and intimacy: 19th century social construction: Women: home: giving of services, the exchange of gifts. Gender differences: men tend to express their love through non-verbal actions such as running an errand and the like: women, tend to express their love verbally. Link between love, intimacy, and sexuality: close to 65,000 same-sex couples identified themselves as married or cohabiting in the. 2011 census: approximately 10 percent of those same-sex couples had children living with them. Theoretical perspectives on families: sociology of family: the subdiscipline of sociology that attempts to describe and explain patterns of family life and variations in family structure, types. Functionalist perspectives: theme: emphasize the importance of the family in maintaining the stability of a society and the well-being of individuals, durkheim:
