SOC 101 Lecture 17: Sociology of Gender, Sexuality and the Family
14 Feb 2019
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The personal traits and social position that members of a society attach to being male or female. It is about masculinity and femininity and all the other ways ppl do gender. Social institution found in all societies that unites ppl in co-operative groups to care for one another, including children. Social bond based on common ancestry, marriage or adoption i. e. when you sibling has a child. Legal relationship, usually involving economic co-operation, sex and childbearing. A family consisting of parents and children as well as other kin. Sometimes called the consanguine family as it includes everyone w/ shared blood. Historically, the most common family formation and becoming more common once again. A family composed of one or two parents and their children. The most narrow definition of the nuclear family then it only existed as the dominate family from about 1945-1965. For this to be achieved you need lots of wealth kicking around for it to be possible.
