SOC101Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 21: Abortion Law, Fetus, Nuclear Family
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Families: relationships in which people live together with commitment, form an economic unit and care for any young and consider their identity to be significantly attached to the group. Nuclear family: wife works without pay at home while husband works outside home for money. Decreased since 1940s, increase in prevalence of new family forms. To convey the idea that families are neither static, universal, nor biologically determined. Support for institution of marriage and traditional gender roles begins to erode because of: Expansion of postsecondary institutions and service sector employment. Marriage: legally recognized and/or socially approved arrangement between two or more individuals that carries certain rights and obligations and usually involve sexual activity. Monogamy only legally sanctioned form in canada. Also legal in netherlands, belgium, spain, south africa, norway, iceland, Historically, marriages were arranged by third parties who wished to maximize family"s prestige, economic benefits, and political advantages. Love became important factor during 18th century england.
