SOSC 1880 Lecture Notes - State Capitalism, Socialist Feminism, Coverture
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Tenneva jordan: the family as socially constructed. Marriage is very diff: women no longer property of men + legalization of same-sex marriage: these are positive developments. Although same-sex marriage has been legalized, not everyone is entirely equitable to queer families. Marriage has change dramatically over the 20th century: societal standards for a good mother vis-a-vis a good father . What is associated w/ mothering and fathering is very. Good mother , unfit mother very common terms to evaluate women who are mothers. Whats associated with a father fathering a child is the sperm process . A loving, kind, selfless mother = good. A mother is a person who, seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie. Ex vinny my mom is a real italian mother . Esp. daughters sons are more likely to not have stereotypical gender roles: this ideology is racist, classist.
