Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
46 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
30%
|
Since the late 1980’s divorce has declined by...
|
|
|
63%
|
About how many of all divorced people in the U.S. have remarried...
|
|
|
THE GREAT SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE OF DIVORCE
|
The most important factor in the increase in divorce over the past hundred years has been
|
|
|
NO FAULT DIVORCE LAW
|
Allow a couple to end their marriage without fault on either side.
|
|
|
1 MILLION
|
more than _____ children whose parents who divorce each year
|
|
|
COHABITATION
|
The practice of living together as a male and female couple without marrying
|
|
|
8%
|
over _____ of opposite sex couples are unmarried
|
|
|
OVER 1 OUT OF THREE
|
How many households with children in the U.S is a single parent household.
|
|
|
2 TO 5 PERCENT
|
How much of the adult population admit ot being gay of lesbian (according to an exit poll)
|
|
|
Functionalists
|
have traditionally seen marriage as a social institution that is closely tied to human reproduction and same sex marriage does not fit that arrangement. The courts have focused on civil marriage, but religious views are hardly irrelevant, even in a country like the United States, which observes a separation between religion and the state.
|
|
|
Conflict theorists
|
have charged that denial of the right to marry reinforces the second-class status of gays and lesbians
|
|
|
Integrationists
|
focus of the nature of the same sex households. They ask gay couples that same questions that they would ask straight couples. The same issues arise for both couples, plus a little more for gay couples.
|
|
|
Domestic Partnership
|
two unrelated adults who share a mutually caring relationship, reside together, and agree to be jointly responsible for their dependants, basic living expenses, and other common necessities.
|
|
|
passed in 1996, provided that no state is obliged to recognize same sex marriages performed in another state.
|
The Defense of Marriage Act
|
|
|
FAMILY
|
is a set of people related by blood, marriage or some other agreed on relationship, or adoption, who share the primary responsibility for reproduction and caring for members of society.
|
|
|
NUCLEAR FAMILY
|
a married couple and their unmarried children living together
|
|
|
EXTENDED FAMILY
|
A family in which relatives such as grandparents, aunts, or uncles live in the same home as parents and their children.
|
|
|
MONOGAMY
|
is a form of marriage in which one women and one man are married only to each other.
|
|
|
SERIAL MONOGAMY
|
a person may have several spouses in their lifetime, but only one spouse at a time.
|
|
|
POLYGAMY
|
a form of marriage that allows an individual to have several husbands or wives at the same time
|
|
|
POLYGYNY
|
refers to the marriage of a man to more than one woman at the same time; wives are often sisters.
|
|
|
POLYANDRY
|
refers to the marriage of a woman to more than one man at the same time.
|
|
|
KINSHIP
|
the state of being related to other
|
|
|
BILATERAL DESCENT
|
both sides of a person’s family are regarded as equally important.
|
|
|
PATRILINEAL DESCENT
|
distinguishes that only the father’s relatives are significant in terms of property, inheritance, and emotional ties.
|
|
|
MATILINEAL DESCCENT
|
only the mother’s relatives are significant
|
|
|
PATRIARCHY
|
a society that expects males to dominate in all family decision making.
|
|
|
MATRIARCHY
|
a society in which women have greater authority than men
|
|
|
EGALITARIAN FAMILY
|
a family in which both spouses are regarded as equals in supremacy.
|
|
|
William F. Ogburn
|
Six Paramount Functions
|
|
|
CONFLICT VIEW
|
view the family not as a contribution to social stability, but as a reflection of the inequality in wealth or power that is found with larger society.
• Families often legitimize and perpetuate male dominance, husbands exercising a superfluous amount of power and authority of his family. |
|
|
FEMINIST VIEW
|
• Feminist sociologist have taken a strong interest in the family as a social institution given family life has been considered a “woman’s work.”
• Feminist sociologists have urged social scientist s and agencies to rethink the notion that families with no adult male present are automatically a cause for concern, or even dysfunctional. |
|
|
REPRODUCTION
|
Human survival depends on reproducing by the family contributing to society to maintain itself
|
|
|
PROTECTION
|
All cultures, the family assume the responsibility for protecting and upbringing of children.
|
|
|
SOCIALIZATION
|
Parents and other kin monitor a child’s behavior and transmit the norms, value and language of the culture.
|
|
|
SEXUAL BEHAVIOR
|
Defined within the family circle but subject to change over time and cultures.
|
|
|
AFFECTION AND COMPANIONSHIP
|
The family provides members with warm and intimate relationships, helping them to feel satisfied and secure. Family should love, understand, care and be there when needed. But can find these from peers, school, and work if perception of home is unpleasant or abusive.
|
|
|
SOCIAL STAUS
|
the family background and reputation of the parents and siblings cause us to inherit social position.
|
|
|
95%
|
HOW MANY MEN AND WOMEN IN THE US WILL MARRY AT LEAST ONCE IN THEIR LIFETIME.
|
|
|
61%
|
How many gay and lesbians meet over the Internet
|
|
|
ENDOGAMY
|
Specifies the groups that a spouse must be found within and limits other possibilities; many people are expecred to marry wihin their racial, ethnic or religious groups.
|
|
|
EXOGAMY
|
requires mate selection outside of certain groups, usually one's own family or kinfolk: prearranged marriage.
|
|
|
INCEST TABOO
|
Limits sexual relationships between all culturally specified relatives; in the US, we must marry outside nuclear family.
|
|
|
HOMOGAMY
|
selecting partner with similar personality characteristics to their own.
|
|
|
29%
|
What percentage of household fall below the poverty lines.
|
|
|
MACHISMO
|
Mexican American men; virility, personal worth and pride.
|
