FMSC 110 Lecture 1: Week 1 Notes
10 Oct 2018
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Biology: heterosexual couples mate and produce offspring. Traditionally: shared residence, economically interdependent, one or more children (biological or adopted) Today: separated families, not always economically interdependent, same sex couples, couples with no children, unmarried individuals, single parents. Family is a group of 2+ people who share a close bond as a result of an intimate history and/or biology. Nuclear: one or two adults living in an intimate relationship with biological or adoptive children. Kinship/fictive kin: chosen family (ie. an aunt who is not blood related) Extended family: people with a common lineage, combined nuclear families with primary connection through parent/child relationships. Patriarchies: authority held by eldest male; men hold greater power than women. Matriarchies: authority held by eldest female, even with matrilineal descent power is held by men, daughters are expected to care for aging parents. Formal ceremonies and established norms about marriage. Socially constructed rules of what defines marriage. Serial monogamy (getting married, divorced, and remarried)
