SOCL 2001 Lecture : SOCL 1001 FINAL NOTES
Document Summary
Preindustrial family: household= miniature economy, depends on kinship networks, ties based on blood or marriage. Industrial revolution: created a division between work and home, men- public sphere- work for wages, women- private sphere- housework, childcare, etc. Idea that true womanhood centers on domestic responsibility and childrearing. Families after wwii: peak of middle-class nuclear family, father, mother, biological children. Idealized & historically unusual: thriving economy, government assistance. Baby boom - birth rates rise due to high prosperity in middle class: fertility fluctuates with the economy. Leisure gap: men do less housework, watch more tv, and sleep longer. Individualism in the u. s: focus on personal growth and happiness. Idealistic view of relationships: high rates of marriage and divorce. Lower self-esteem, relationship difficulties: context matters- timing, level of hostility, married parents= better child outcomes. Education: process through which academic, social, and cultural ideas and tools are developed.
