SOSC 1185 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Wage Labour, Socialist Feminism, Nuclear Family
3 Dec 2017
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Mini-manufacturing units : work and family lives intermingled as people produced much of what they consumed little need for cash as goods were traded. Mandell reading november 22: 1945 normal families were the definition nuclear family where there was a wage-earning fathers and stay-at-home mothers, romance was grafted onto marriage notion of right man or woman for every person. Intimacy promises deep communication, friendship and sharing that will last beyond the passion of new love. Intimacy promises lifetime love personal closeness, autonomy and comfort. Is same-sex marriage equal: lesbian relationships are more companion oriented and more flexible in social roles, lesbian couples value intimate relationships are equal and emotionally close, lesbian couples report intense bonding and discovery of mutuality of sexual passion. Domestic labour in same-sex partnerships: participation in finances and household decision-making are two areas in which married and cohabiting lesbians are equal. In virtually all gay and lesbian partnerships are wage-earners.
