SOC275H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Nuclear Family, Betty Friedan, Private Sphere
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Traditional family = nuclear family: husband works out of home, earns , wife works at home, no $ Thinking traditional family (actually relatively new) as norm makes the inequality it produces invisible: marginalizes other types of families, very recent predominance. Has to do with: women"s mass entry into workforce, women level of educ, accessibility to birth control. The further ppl depart from norm , the more it legitimizes the image of. Marriage is changing: marriage rate is declining, ppl marrying later (m/f, increase in common law marriage & institution of same-sex marriage, divorce rate higher since 1968 liberalization of divorce act, dropping slowly since. Attitudes twd marriage: 40% believe no ideal family model, 94% approve interracial marriage, >2/3 approve of same-sex marriage. Definition of marriage has become more complex and inclusive over the years. Pre-contact: combo of nuclear fams w/ extended fam and clan structures, gender complementary, rather than male privilege.
