SOC 001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Concerted Cultivation, Nuclear Family, Annette Lareau

• School: University of Vermont
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 001
• Professor: Thomas Macias

Document Summary

A set of people who are related by blood, marriage, or adoption who share the primary responsibility for reproduction and caring for members of society. Don"t get paid for this, but it is valued in society. Nuclear family - (hetero) married couple and their unmarried children living together. Extended family - family in which relatives - grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc. Living in the same home as parents and their children. Monogamy - form of marriage in which 2 people are married only to each other. Serial monogamy - when a person has several spouses in his/her lifetime, but only one spouse at a time. Polygamy - when an individual has several husbands or wives simultaneously (polygyny, polyandry) Division of labor - unpaid labor at home. Women disproportionately care for children, as well as other family members. Couples who share housework have the most sex and the best sex lives . Couples who split housework have the most and best sex.