SOC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Matriarchy, Birth Order, Institutional Racism
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Our choice of a romantic or life partner doesn"t depend solely on our attraction to someone, how well we get along with him or her, or our shared life goals. There are legal and cultural factors that in uence our decision. This model was the most compatible with ful lling society"s for productive workers and child nurturers. Today, only 7% of families t this description. There is no real typical family in western society today. Families can consist of step siblings and half-siblings. Family members may or may not share a household, but its members are interdependent and have a sense of mutual responsibility for one another"s care. Endogamy refers to marriage to someone within one"s social group. Race, ethnicity, class, education, religion (most common) Exogamy refers to marriage to someone from a di erent social group. Hawaii is #1 at 42%, ohio is 10. 2% Monogamy is the practice of marrying one person at a time.
