SOC 4014 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Premarital Sex, New Youth, Child Poverty
Document Summary
Myth: public anxiety about (cid:498)the crisis of the family(cid:499) is a recent development. Public anxiety about changes in the family has been occurring throughout the history of the family. Myth: the 1950s family is the norm for family life in the 20th century and family patterns since then have diverged dramatically from this norm. Although family patterns have diverged from the 1950s, family patterns of the. 1950s diverged dramatically from family trends starting in the early 1900s. Myth: divorce rates only started increasing in the 1970s. Except for lower divorce rates during the 1950s and 60s (during the post wwii economic boom), divorce rates have been steadily increasing since the late 1800s: new youth culture, growing economic independence of women. Increasing interest and openness in sexuality: an increase in premarital sex, a drop in birthrates, rising divorce rates (along with marriage rates, expectations of greater amount of emotional satisfaction and companionship.
