SOCIOL 2PP3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Lgbt Parenting, Emotional Intimacy, Social Choice Theory
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Normative for inds to experience more numerous intimate relationships , living arrangements and family reconfiguration due to: social changes. State policy relies on specific definitions of family hat have historically excluded many fams: while the canadian government has adopted more inclusive definitions of family. Tax policy: ex: income splitting (2015) reflected gov taxation policy, targeting a 2 parent fam, where 1 of parents is in paid employment and the other is raising a child. Families are social constructed and have varied over time and place: edholm: idea that the heterosexual nuclear family is natural is challenged using anthropological evidence. Historical perspectives on canadian families and family trends. Mills, inds experiences connected to a social context: why has divorced increased, people living longer silver separation, legal changes, declining stigma. Increasing secularism: women"s labour force participation provides women w financial means outside of marriage, higher expectations.