HDFS202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Extended Family, Parenting Styles, Endogamy
21 Mar 2017
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Wait to get married later because they don"t like to limit their options. # of spouses: may only marry 1 person at a time. Marriage changes a person but not always for the better. Couples who are unhappy before marriage do not always significantly increase their happiness after marriage. Children do not always increase a couple"s marital satisfaction. Different parenting styles fight about how to raise the baby. Empty nest syndrome maternal depression after the last child leaves home. Semi-true: more of a myth than a problem in most american women; some men feel this too. Marriage = prostitution because woman lives with a man & he supports her. Marriage contract that spells out reciprocal obligations between spouses & between spouses and their children: very complex family negotiation about 28190. Social meaning: authority in community & within kin groups. Emergent norm: marriage is a personal rather than a kin decision. Primary social institution: regulates sexuality & reproduction.
