SOC 205 Lecture 2: Family
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Private divide: pu(cid:271)li(cid:272) life: real(cid:373) of paid (cid:449)ork a(cid:374)d politi(cid:272)s (cid:894)(cid:373)e(cid:374)"s real(cid:373)(cid:895, pri(cid:448)ate life: real(cid:373) of ho(cid:373)e, (cid:272)hildreari(cid:374)g house(cid:449)ork (cid:894)(cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)"s real(cid:373)(cid:895, this divide mostly shaped white families. Slave men could not be economic providers for family. Men could not be protectors and prevent masters from beating/raping their children or wives. Sla(cid:448)e (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)"s (cid:449)o(cid:373)(cid:271)s (cid:271)elo(cid:374)ged to their (cid:449)hite masters. Interracial relationships were common during the colonial period. Slavery gave rise to antimiscegenation laws: outlawed interracial marriages. Ignored by white slave masters who had children with enslaved women. U. s. has one of the highest marriage rates in the world. Racial groups do not marry at similar rates. Virtually no racial differences in marriage rates from 1880-1950. Marriage pool affecte by labor market and prison boom. Immigrant families have high levels of divorce. African americans have highest rate of out-of-wedlock births (67%) Number of unmarried black women has increased, but birthrate for unmarried black women is lowest in 40 years.
