WGS160Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Civil Marriage, Family Values, Heteronormativity
4 Dec 2016
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A group of people that love/ support/ care for each other. Normative in society"s ideology but not practice. Canadian families growing more diverse according to data. Ideological (system of ideas) work of the heteronormative nuclear family. Ideology of the heteronormative family becomes a model for authority in the family and authority in the state. Just as the patriarchs rule the family, the elites of the nation-state rule their citizens. I can take care of my family, so i can take care of the state. The ideology of the heteronormative family attaches moral authority to the heterosexual nuclear family. Used by dan quayle vice presidential candidate comments on the show. He criticizes murphy brown for being a single mom and not valuing the role of fathers. Ideology of the heteronormative family requires the regulation of female sexuality. Ontario mother"s allowance took away vera"s money. She went outside socializing and was connected with some men.
