SOCY 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Endogamy, Group Marriage, Matriarchy
20 Jan 2017
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Families: (cid:1005)(cid:1013)6(cid:1004)"s nu(cid:272)lea(cid:396) fa(cid:373)ily 2015 modern family show. 1940- 84% married couples, 11% nonfamily households, 4% female-headed households, 1% male-headed households. 2010- 50% married couples, 33% nonfamily households, 13% female-headed households, 4% male-headed households. Kinship: state of being related to others, patterns. Both sides of a pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)"s fa(cid:373)ily a(cid:396)e (cid:272)o(cid:374)side(cid:396)ed e(cid:395)ually important. O(cid:374)ly the (cid:373)othe(cid:396)"s (cid:396)elati(cid:448)es a(cid:396)e i(cid:373)po(cid:396)ta(cid:374)t: patriarchy. Males dominate the family decision making: matriarchy. Women have greater authority than the men: egalitarian family. Sociological perspective on the family: functionalist. Family as a contributor to social stability. Transmission of poverty or wealth across generations. Husbands exercised power and authority within the family in a wide range of societies. Family is an economic unit that contribute to social injustice: interactionist. Interested in how individuals interact with each other, whether they are cohabiting, partners, or longtime married couples: feminist. Family as a perpetuator of gender roles. Urge rethinking of the idea that families with no adult male present as a problem.
