SOC214H1 Lecture Notes - Natural Product, Deinstitutionalisation, Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder
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>need for cooperation and sharing among number of adults that"s more than 2. Women gatherer, men hunter >will not be able to survive with only 1 gatherer and 1 hunter. Uncertainty in hunting, therefore you want more ppl. Foragers live off of resources in the area. Poverty = ppl didn"t have enough to survive. Women could get assistance stable, but very little. Family economy: working and family= entangled, work takes place in the household. Late marriage > land is the central environment, boys/men had to wait for their fathers to give them some land, women had to obtain some survival equipment. Life had to be practical in order to survive. There has to be a continual balancing between household production needs and household composition > producers vs dependents. High mortality rates, once someone dies, they must be replaced asap. >20th century, notion that happiness came into play. Not only should marriage be based on love.
