SOC101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Household Division, Abortion Law, Extended Family
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Providing affection and relationship to family members. Wife works without pay in home, while husband works outside home for money (making the husband the primary provider) Social construction of family: families are neither static, universal, nor biologically de ned, support for institution of marriage and traditional gender roles begins to erode because of in uence of: Expansion of postsecondary institutions and service sector employment. Contemporary trends: marriage: married couple families, although declining, remain the most common family form in. Increasing delay of rst marriage (30 for men, 28 for women) Results from pursuit of educational and career foals-especially women attaining economic security, which allows them to live alone: alternately, canadians increasingly deciding to: Forgo marriage and remain single and live alone. Live apart in commuter marriages, often to pursue jobs in different cities (couple not staying in the same home)
