SOC 180 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Biological Determinism, The Marriage Market, Heterogamy
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Social stratification: different access to resources, influence, status, and perceived worth. Social class: the position a person holds relative to economic, social, political and cultural resources of a society. Life chances: oppo(cid:396)tu(cid:374)ities (cid:271)ased o(cid:374) a pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)"s so(cid:272)ial (cid:272)lass positio(cid:374) The family: a family consists of people related by ancestry, marriage, or adoption who, form an economic unit, consider their identity to be significantly attached to the group, commit to maintaining the group over time. Family & the marriage market: the u(cid:374)ited tates is a(cid:374) e(cid:454)a(cid:373)ple of a (cid:862)f(cid:396)ee-(cid:272)hoi(cid:272)e(cid:863) (cid:272)ultu(cid:396)e, people choose their spouses, based on survey research in the u. s, men and women have increased the importance they place on, 1. Potential financial success of a mate: 2. The domestic skills of a future wife have declined in importance. Reasons for endogamy: geography, availability/location, social pressure, cultural values encourage marrying someone similar to ourselves.
