SOCSCI 2O03 Lecture Notes - Nuclear Family
24 Apr 2013
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Origins of the family modern family 60s to 90s. 60s (mid 60s md 70s) impt. Intact fams dropped single parents rise in society (either lots of pple are dying or increase in divorce) Childless fams moves up (are kids a liability, need time to ourselves, fertility issues) The way kids are being contextualized is diff fams want fewer kids, some fams want no kids. Take a look historically at cdn society we can account for all of these shift. Womens liberation and decline of patriarchy . 1968 divorce act up until now only get divorce if spouse commit adultery, now the laws changed, now u can divorce for incompatibility, abandonment, infidelity, anything reasonable by law. The psych behind it if a women knows she has been subjugated, theres male entitlement, you want more for urself and kid, but your husband just tells u to clean, now you can get a divorce.
