SY101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Social Forces, Homophobia, Social Inequality
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Definitions of (cid:862)the fa(cid:373)ily(cid:863): the pro(cid:271)le(cid:373) of mo(cid:374)olithi(cid:272) bias: western sociologists reject notion of family as a (cid:862)monolithic structure(cid:863) (margarit. Supreme court opens debate on polygamy: daphne bramham, a columnist at the vancouver sun since 2000, won the national. Newspaper award for column writing in june 2005: (cid:862)the se(cid:272)(cid:396)et life of the ai(cid:374)ts(cid:863, there is no equity in a polygamous marriage. Globe & mail, november 24, 2011: polygamy remains a crime in canada. Is polygamy part of a religious faith and tradition, or is it a crime: the question is whether the ban on multiple marriages violates the right to religious freedom, despite the court decision that declared the law constitutional. Patterns/norms of mate selection: endogamy: people should marry within their own group, clan, social class, race, religious group, exogamy: people must marry outside their group, tribal societies to form political alliances between tribes.
