SOC 10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Endogamy, Psychological Abuse, Nuclear Family
23 May 2020
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Ex: meaning of age has changed, delaying marriage and children. How you dress affects how people perceive you. How symbols hare used and how communication looks like macro. More generalizable, able to apply to more people. Specific to a certain consensus foundation for relationships less patriarchal. Functionalism society is a function of interrelated parts; every function works together as a whole. Conflict theory social, class, gender inequality; those in power have economic resources. Symbolic interaction symbols, communication, socialization, meaning. Nuclear family of orientation family we are born into. Serial monogamy series of monogamous marriage; married, divorce, married again, divorce again. Polyandry 1 wife w/ many husbands. Endogamy marry w/in race, religion, culture. Neolocal post marital residence newly weds choose on residence. Secondary groups large, impersonal group; not as close as primary, loose relationships. Some important issues facing the american families. Family violence: family may look wholesome in the outside, but horrific abuse may go on privately.
