SOC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Classless Society, Class Consciousness

• School: Ball State University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 100
• Professor: holtzman

Document Summary

Cohabitation: unmarried individuals who live together & have a sexual relationship. Marriage: legally recognized union of two people as partners in a relationship. Establishes rights & obligations for the individuals involved. 2 primary reasons for increase in divorce: Belief system that promotes meeting one"s own needs. Vanishing fathers: fathers who lose contact with their noncustodial children. Economic hardship for women & children: quickest way for a woman to enter poverty is to get divorced, quickest way for a man to see his standard of living rise is to get divorced. Functionalism: outlines the functions or purposes of society"s primary social institutions. All social institutions have a necessary role to play in society - they serve a purpose and keep society running smoothly. Important point: everything in society contributes to the survival of society, even things that on the surface appear to be bad for society. Reinforces societal norms via punishment of criminals.