SOC101Y1 Lecture Notes - Civil Marriage, Miscegenation, Queer Theory
Document Summary
The rise of civil marriage for same-sex couple. Same-sex civil marriage vigorously contested in public discourse and policy. Reject alternative measures because they regard them as second-class citizenships for. Provides vital source of societal legitimization that they are equally entitled to. Common laws restricting marriage: race, gende-rspecific, number of spouses, age of marriage. Civil mariage is constructed out of norms, values, f and political commitments of a given society"s policymaker. ->enjoy advantages over those who cannot marry (tax breaks, health care benefits. Historically, marriage = exchange between families and clans, traded for goods or payments for debts. Marriage institutionalizes gender inequality: relegating women to domestic worker and sex provider. Queer theory: may usher an era of homonormativity. Legal rights: inheritance rights, tax breaks, health +employment benefits. May build better relationships with employers and clients. Same-sex marriage does not produce same level of monogamy.
