SOCIOL 1Z03 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Structural Functionalism, Feminist Theory, Social Forces

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCIOL 1Z03
• Professor: Sandra Colevecchia

Document Summary

There are large social and personal factors that will e ect one"s likelihood of becoming divorced. It is not always one"s personal fault that a divorce happened but, it can be societies fault. For example, not having a lot of money in a society like todays will bring up many arguments and can lead to divorce. This isn"t a personal problem but, a societal one. People are moving away from religions and not conforming to the married life. Women are participating much more in the labour force than ever before and this gives women nancial security, independent from a man so, there"s no pressure for women to stay with their partner. Emile durkheim demonstrated that suicide is strongly in uenced by social forces. Emile durkheim discovered there were more women than men in insane asylums yet, 4 male suicides for every 1 female suicide.