Sociology 2235 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Putting-Out System, Cultural Diversity, Subsistence Economy
3 Oct 2017
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Lecture 3 historical perspectives in canadian families. Women contributing financially to the family and being responsible for domestic work. Men now taking more responsibility for domestic work and spending time with their children. Hunting and gathering; children were products of love. Industrial revolution; did not have to show care to children: how gender roles have changed, how the role of children and concept of childhood have changed, economic factors. Consider what families consist of regarding organization (i. e. two parent home, lone- parent home, same-sex) Consider how long marriages lasted (i. e. hunting and gathering involved flexibility in marriage vs. 1950s couldn"t get divorced) Love was not an expectation of marriage up until 100 years ago. Family is still an economic unit, but is not the primary purpose. First nations peoples were hunters and gatherers. They travelled around and didn"t settle down which tells you a lot about their society.
