SOC100H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Same-Sex Marriage In The Netherlands, Nuclear Family
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Traditional nuclear family: a nuclear family in which the husband works outside the home for money and the wife works without pay in the home. (brym and lie 2012:192) Distinct from nuclear family as husband goes to work while wife stays home. Nuclear family: consists of a cohabiting man and woman who maintain a socially approved sexual relationship and have at least one child. (brym and lie 2012:192) Overall trend pre-1950s and after was that the family was changing. Our notion of family is really changing today. Much less common than it was decades ago. Estimated cost of raising a child to age 18: ,000/year. Doesn"t include cost of sending child to post-secondary education. Therefore, women don"t bear sole responsibility to taking care of the house and men don"t bear sole responsibility of making the income. After initial influx of divorce rate, it stayed around 40% A significant portion of sociology in family looks at divorce.
