SOCI 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Sociological Perspectives, Nuclear Family, Pure Bs
29 Oct 2016
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The family is commonly one of the most gendered institutions: gendered division of labour, location of gender inequalities. Sociologists studying the family pay considerable attention to gender: are primarily interested in, how families are structures, their socializing effects, how they are transforming, the effects of familial transformation. Before one can study the family, one has to first decide what it is: q: what is family, a: biology involved, organization that. Difficult to come up with specific definition because there is so many forms. In canada, one common view of the family is the tnf. Family based on marriage of male and female: children: Biological offspring are part of the family. Just #1 & #2 is commonly referred to as the nuclear family: roles: Traditional roles: children: limited responsibility, parental authority, father: family authority, provides resources, mother: primary childcare giver, housework.
