SOCA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Nuclear Family, Baby Boom, Psychological Trauma
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Functionalism: nuclear family is ideal and basic building block, better suited for society than polygamy and extended family, polygamy extends family horizontally (add spouses, extended family extended family vertically (including spouses" parents) Parental figures who also raised you: can be misguided not all societies have been male-dominated, collective can replace a family (blood ties) it takes a village to raise a child. Changes to family forms: rise in middle class after wwii, women were expected to give up their jobs for their husbands, baby boom. Literature on families is based on this time families that they knew best were regarded the norm (their own) Love new concept, expected to happen after getting married: has become an industry, online dating services (1996, 15% of population said they found their partner online. Social boundaries and love: social boundaries have been created due to internet. 41% of all marriages end in divorce before 13 years of marriage not same as families breaking up.
