SOSC 1350 Lecture Notes - Socialist Feminism, Coverture, Industrial Revolution

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 1350
• Professor: Julie Dowsett

Document Summary

Dorothy chung reading talks about historical and contemporary family law, and provides definition of neoliberalism. Marriage in particular or family more generally are not at all equitable institutions for women. The legalization of same-sex marriage does not mean that the law or canadian society is equitable for queer families. Marriage, like the family more generally, has changed dramatically in tandem with political and economic changes over the course of the 21st century: the family as socially constructed. Social construction of the family - mothering and fathering ostensibly they"re equivalent terms. The female parent does mothering, and the male parent does fathering. However, what is associated with mothering and fathering, are quite different: societal standards for a good mother vis- -vis a good father . In contemporary society, good mother / unfit mother are often common terms to evaluate women who have children. We understand mothering to encompass a wide range nurturing behavior.