SOSC 1350 Lecture 14: Marriage and the nuclear family - Wednesday, February 14, 2018
20 Feb 2018
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Lecture 14 - marriage and the nuclear family: socially constructed - changes over time, nuclear family = normative not universal, nuclear family components, monogamous marriage, two opposite sex adults, procreative norms, economic roles. Definitions: polygamy - multiple spouses, polygyny - more than one wife, polyandry - more than one husband, polypany - partner with all the things, polyamory - multiple loves. Polygamy in canada: 1892: polygamy criminalized in canada, arrival of mormons, financial cost, marriage at young age, gender equality, r v. bear"s shin bone (1899, abandoning second+ wives and children. Chief justice bauman: criminal code violates freedom of religion and affects liberty interests of children between the ages of 12 and 17 who marry into polygamy, violation is justifiable because the pressing and substantial objective of section. 293 is the prevention of harm to women, to children, and to the institution of monogamous marriage.
