SOCI 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Mechanical And Organic Solidarity, Nuclear Family, Structural Functionalism
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Women and men collins; gender conflict and roles of labour older and younger members obedience vs autonomy instills and perpetuates existing class inequalities. Kohn: studied working class vs middle class families. Middle class valued characteristics in children: internal factors, self-direction, happiness, curiosity. Working class valued characteristics in children: obedience, neatness; sons associated with school performance and ambition, daughters associated with neatness and good manners gendered qualities of spouse. 2 processes of mate selection: matching; finding characteristics in partner that we ourselves are more likely to offer, exchange process; trade off between domestic work and financial support. Male valued physical variables (attractiveness), females valued success variables (education and employment) theory of family paternity leave and equity pay law introduced. Durkheim / mechanical solidarity (family based in similarities and independence in a traditional society) vs organic solidarity (family based in interdependence, increasing division of labour in a modern society)
