SOCY 352 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Eharmony, Parental Leave, Heterosexuality
12 Oct 2016
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Socy 352 lecture # 8 (week 4) Rosenfeld and thomas" (2012) searching for a mate article: same-sex couples: Shrinking household sizes: people are living alone more now because of. Economic conditions people stay in school/work longer. Unfulfilled, emotionally challenged, lacking interpersonal ties and strong social bonds (p. 61) A lot of social pressure to get married after a certain age. Alternative familial arrangements: families of choice: Kin-like networks of relationships, based on friendship and commitment beyond blood (p. 61) Emphasis on choice not obligation not by blood or legal reasons to be together: living apart together: Work situation living in another province for work and having family in another province. Parenting families: more married families with children than married families without children, grandparents taking a bigger role in the family, parents are older when having children, number of children in an average family decreased. Why decide to parent: gender role socialization.
