Chapter 14 - Marriage and Family

What Is Marriage? What Is a Family? marriage a legally recognized social contract between two people, BUT…

 B. Family

 B. Family family of orientation family of procreation

What is a Family? C. Challenges Families Face what constitutes a family? “a group of two people or more (one of whom is the householder) related by birth, marriage, or adoption and residing together” What is a Family? Link

C. Challenges Families Face 2. what constitutes a marriage?

D. Marriage Patterns Age at first marriage Flowing Data Link Median age at first marriage 2016: men - 29.5, women - 27.4

D. Marriage Patterns 2. cohabitation

Sequential monogamy Linda Wolfe, who first wed at 16, had 23 ex-husbands at age 68.

D. Marriage Patterns 3. One Partner or Many? b) polygamy

D. Marriage Patterns 3. One Partner or Many? b) polygamy Polygyny

D. Marriage Patterns 3. One Partner or Many? b) polygamy (2) polyandry

D. Marriage Patterns 3. One Partner or Many? c) bigamy d) polygamy in the US An estimated over 100,000 people in the monogamous United States of America (especially the fundamentalist Mormons) are practicing polygamy secretly and illegally

E. Residency and Lines of Descent bilateral descent Kinship Unilateral descent patrilineal matrilineal ambilineal bilateral ambilineal patrilineal matrilineal

E. Residency and Lines of Descent 3. residence. patrilocal residence matrilocal residence Neolocal residence

F. Stages of Family Life family life cycle family life course

Variations in Family Life Nuclear family

Variations in Family Life B. Single Parents Single-parent households Stepparents

Variations in Family Life B. Single Parents extended family a. Modified extended family

Variations in Family Life C. Cohabitation

Variations in Family Life D. Same-Sex Couples

Variations in Family Life E. Staying Single Link

Theoretical Perspectives on Marriage and Family Functionalism four universal residual functions of the family: Sexual Regulation Reproductive In Virginia: A man shall be presumed to be the father of a child if he and the mother of the child are married to each other and the child is born during the marriage. Number of births 2014 - 3,988,076 Total immigrants in 2015 - 1,051,031

Theoretical Perspectives on Marriage and Family Functionalism four universal residual functions of the family: c) Educational - socialization d) Economic

Theoretical Perspectives on Marriage and Family B. Conflict Theory - conflicts over power and control 1) Who Does the Most Around the House 2) Money-Related Arguments 3) Too Much, or Not Enough, Physical Intimacy 4) How to Raise Children 5) Jealousy 6) Family-Related Arguments 7) Issues from the Past 8) Political Disagreements 9) Work and Success 10) Timing of Life’s Milestones

Theoretical Perspectives on Marriage and Family C. Symbolic Interactionism 1. Exchange Perspective 2. Développemental Perspective

Challenges Families Face Divorce and Remarriage Divorce rate

Challenges Families Face Divorce and Remarriage 2. Children of Divorce and Remarriage. Source: Laumann-Billings, L. &. Emery, R.E. (2000). Distress among young adults from divorced families. Journal of Family Psychology, 14, 671-687.

Challenges Families Face B. Violence and Abuse Domestic Violence intimate partner violence (IPV)

Challenges Families Face B. Violence and Abuse 2. Child Abuse neglect (78.3 percent), physical abuse sexual abuse psychological maltreatment medical neglect 3. shaken-baby syndrome