SOCB49H3 Lecture 2: SOCB49 - Week 2 - Lecture 1.14.14
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Socb49 week 2, lecture 2 january 14, 2014. Census of canada: same-sex couples vs heterosexual relations; Increased in same-sex couples, 5 times compared to heterosexual relations in the last 2 decades: common-law families vs married couples; Talk about conventional families about becoming endangered . Singling certain types of family composition as being bad: major sources of personal investment, satisfaction, and meaning. Public images (positive aspects: family is a site for fulfillment and for conflict, along with negotiation. Staging it doesn"t happen automatically, we cannot take it for granted that it happens in a certain way. Efforts one puts in usually gets ignored and is taken for granted. Micro level: pay attention to members of this unit, institution . Family as a social institution (i) macro, structural changes. Negative effects: immigration/relocation, school as an institution. Family as a social institution (ii) micro practices and activities. Deliberate, personal effort: not using cell phones, not watching tv.
