Sociology 2235 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Family Wage, Great Transition, Family Values
4 Feb 2016
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Agricultural, agrarian, preindustrial 1700s tending of the fields/crops. Organization- what does it look like, how is it organized. Meaning that is attached to the concept of family. Indigenous canadians would be considered hunter gathers at one. Very few societies are now hunter gather societies, less than 1% point in time of the population. Family: often matrilineal descent- how you pass on your inheritance when you die -matrilineal, patrilineal, bilateral- in matrilineal, the stuff goes to the moms side of the family but through the males this is an important thing! Women have more status in the society. Personal autonomy was important: polygamous marriages, flexible residential choice. Women were held in high esteem: divorce easily obtained. Wasn"t the sexual attachment to one partner that there is here in can today. You basically just had to say you were divorced and. Gender roles you are divorced: sexual freedom, work was based on sex and age.
