SOCA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Patrilineality, Monogamy, Nuclear Family
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Family ppl from the lower class are less likely to be involved in the community kiwinis voluntary organizations. Working class are less likely to vote b/c of attitude authoritarianism set of attitudes that ppl hold when they"re related to class. Closed mindedness not being open to new ideas. More likely to think in simple straight-forward terms that don"t reflect the complexity of the world. Nuclear family mother, father & children. Recent calls for a return to family values evoke a problem-free past. Matrilineal tracing decent through the mother. Patrilineal tracing decent through the father. Bilateral tracing decent through both mother & father. Hybrid vigour marrying beyond your gene pool and producing healthy offspring inside the family: particularism + affect. Conflict theory family perpetuates inequality says providing ppl w/ social identity is bad family perpetuates race & ethnicity family reinforces racial & ethnic hierarchies endogamy marriage w/i the group exogamy marriage outside your group exogamy is increasing.