SOC244H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Medical Investigation, Foster Care, Human Reproduction
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The social script: at some point in their lives, nearly all canadians will consider having children. Only 7% of canadian women do not intend to have any children: there is still a great deal of social pressure to have children. One pressure is the myth of motherhood. According to the myth, motherhood is an instinct that can fulfill woman in a way no other experience can. Another part of the myth is the importance of having a child of each sex. Sociological perspectives on having children for all well-rounded family. Structural functionalists focus on having children as a necessary function of families in perpetuating society. The developmental approach times to see you having children as a developmental task of most families conflict theorists suggest that the social pressure to have children is a reflection of the prevailing ideology. Feminist theorists tend to study childbearing as an issue reflecting women"s control over production.
