SOCA01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Social Group, Psychological Trauma, Ingroups And Outgroups
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The family: basic structure that reproduces societal values. Teaches us the norm and expectations of the society may not be congruent with the rest of society"s beliefs, but it teaches us about it, regardless. There have been continuous concerns over perceived dangers of weakening or changing family ties. Includes concerns over shifts or changes in the makeup of the family. Politicians highlight the importance of family values. Right wing politicians discuss the dangers in the diminishing of the family structure from 50s and 60s ideas that gay marriage is destructive to the nuclear family and family values. The family has often been glorified as safe and a key site to the production of well-adjusted citizens. However it can also be a site of significant violence: in 2009, four out ten homicides in canada occurred within family or intimate relationships (p. 381, other violence. Families can become a source of support and resilience.
