SOCIOL 1A06 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Stepfamily, Sociological Perspectives, Child Care
6 Jun 2016
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Sociological definition of a family was: man, women, and at least one child. Families: a set of intimate social relationships that people create to share resources to ensure their welfare and that of their dependants: government denies families that fall outside of the social standards of what a family should resemble. Government used to provide limited benefits for one of your family member: this excluded grandparents, siblings, same sex partners and their extended families like aunts. Government assumes if a man lives with a woman, he is automatically providing financial support, but this is false. Blended family: two parents and the child or children from their former marriages or intimate unions partners are less likely to pool resources than they are in other family types. Marriage: socially approved presumably long term sexual and economic relationship between a man and a woman. Cohabiting or common law: couples lived together but are not legally married.
