SOCA03Y3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Nuclear Family, Microsoft Onenote, Ideal Type
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Definitions of family: family: a social group characterized by common residence, economic co-operation, and reproduction. Ask yourself who is included and who is excluded from such a definition. Two dominant family forms: nuclear family: includes an adult male, adult female, and their offspring, extended family: includes multiple generations of adults living with their spouses and children. Family of orientation & procreation: family of orientation: the family into which they were born, family of procreation: the family they create by having children or adopting children. A couple may be of opposite or same-sex. Foster children are also included: encompasses a wider range of people than does the census family definition. The expanding boundaries of family: margrit eichler argues that we operate with a monolithic bias when we think in terms of the family. Argues that important aspects of families are socialization, emotional relationships, residence, economics, sexuality, and reproduction.