SOCA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15 & 6: Oligarchy, Group Cohesiveness, Physical Attractiveness
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1/3 of homicides in canada within families/intimate relations. Nuclear family: comprises two married opposite-sex parents and their biological children who share the same residence. Traditional nuclear family: a nuclear family in which the husband works outside the home for money and the wife works without pay in the home, people who follow this are decreasing in canada. Family boundary ambiguities: refer to a state in which family members are uncertain about who is in or out of their family or who is performing tasks or roles within the family system. Verticalization of family structure: refers to the increased number of living generation in a family, accompanied by fewer members within each generation, smaller sized family. Functionalists view erosion of nuclear family as disaster, unstable, rise in poverty/crime. Conflict/feminist theorists disagree, incorrect to believe that families have 1 legitimate form, diversity is great, adapt to new social norms, can improve the way people live.
