SOCI 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Kinship, Class Conflict, Social Inequality
5 Jan 2017
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Family is not an easy word to define. More than ever, this term means different things to different people. As the nature of family and work has changed in high, middle, and low income nations, the issue of what constitutes as family has been widely debated. In agrarian economy/gemeinschaaft children are workers and welfare safety net for elders. In industrial economy/geselleschaaft children are a long term cost; don"t provide. Ergo: system pressure for delayed, fewer children; more recreational sex. Breakdown of income for family unity traditional sex roles. Social arrangements that include intimate relationships between couples and close familial relationships with other couples with other adults and children. Relationships in which people live together with commitment, form an economic unit and care for any young, and consider their identity to be significantly attached to the group. Sexual expression and parent children relationships are a part of most, but not all, family relationships.
