SOCL 2001 : Socl 2001 Exam 4
Document Summary
Family: people who live together with commitment, care for any children, share emotional ties. Sociologists look at how family experiences are related to larger happenings in society. Extended family: several generations of blood relatives sharing one household, uncles, aunts, other relatives close to parents/children, making it possible for family members to share resources, larger economic unit. Popular is muslim societies: polyandry: one women with two or more men. Divorce: legal process of dissolving a marriage: 43%-46% of marriages end in divorce, us divorce rate rose steadily during 20th century and peaked in. 1980s, then showed an overall decline: causes: 1. individualism: more concerned with our own personal happiness. 3. women less dependent on men- female increase in labor force- have means to support themselves. 4. marriage is stressful: partners are working and have less time and energy to devote to each other and their family. 5. socially acceptable: no longer carries a stigma like it used to.
