Sociology 2241E Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Interracial Marriage, Common-Law Marriage, Nuclear Family

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 2241E
• Professor: Erin Demaiter

Document Summary

Aboriginal families; more gender complementarity; work was equally shared and values, though there were still work for women and work for men. Pre-industrial canada; development of the public and private spheres: shift in who does what kind of work, rise of the nuclear family (living with their immediate families) 1870s: lo(cid:271)(cid:271)(cid:455)i(cid:374)g fo(cid:396) (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)(cid:859)s (cid:396)ights: shift in the family dynamics. Between 1st and 2nd world: during the war, women went to work. By 1950s the traditional/ideal/conservative ideas of the nuclear family. Ou(cid:396) (cid:858)ideas(cid:859) a(cid:271)out the fa(cid:373)il(cid:455) a(cid:396)e slo(cid:449)l(cid:455) (cid:272)ha(cid:374)gi(cid:374)g Al(cid:373)ost (cid:1005) (cid:1006) of ca(cid:374)adia(cid:374)s (cid:374)o lo(cid:374)ge(cid:396) (cid:271)elie(cid:448)e the(cid:396)e is one (cid:862)ideal fa(cid:373)il(cid:455) (cid:373)odel. (cid:863) Canadians are embracing: multiculturalism and diversity. Same sex marriage: 94% of canadians approve interracial marriage, 66% of canadians approve of same sex marriage. Each aspect of family life expresses the differences and inequalities of gender: marriage, child rearing, housework. Ma(cid:396)(cid:396)iage i(cid:374) the (cid:1005)95(cid:1004)(cid:859)s: heterosexual, similar ses, probably of similar race and ethnicity.