1. Sociology Now 1st Edition (Brief) Kimmel/Aronson11
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Socialization
The Family
Sociology Now
1st Edition (Brief)
Kimmel/Aronson
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2. Families as Kinship Systems
The Family Tree
Families as Kinship Systems
family
kinship systems
line of descent
Matrilineal
Patrilineal
Bilineal

3. Culture and Forms of the Family
The Family Tree
Culture and Forms of the Family
monogamy
polygamy
polygyny
polyandry
group marriage
exogamy
The Family Unit
family of origin
family of procreation

4. The Development of the Family
The Family Tree
The Development of the Family
agrarian societies  no distinction between family and society
family was
A school
A church
A hospital
A day care center
A police station
A retirement home

5. The Origins of the Nuclear Family
The Family Tree
The Origins of the Nuclear Family
emotional bond between two people
companionate marriage
nuclear as “highly gendered”
home as “women’s sphere”

6. European American Family The Native American Family
Family and Ethnicity
European American Family
The Native American Family
The African American Family
The Asian American Family
The Hispanic Family

7. Courtship and Dating Marriage Forming Families
1920s  pairs versus group dating
Marriage
most common foundation for family formulation in the world
legal arrangement
multigenerational households

8. Forming Families

9. over half of all Americans over 15 Cohabiting cohabitation
Forming Families
Delayed Marriage
Staying Single
over half of all Americans over 15
Cohabiting
cohabitation
Explanation of Nonmarital Choices
courtship and dating
higher levels of education
changing sexual behaviors
increased acceptance of “premarital sex”
nonmarital sex

10. Forming Families

11. Biracial Marriage Forming Families miscegenation
Loving v, State of Virginia (1967)
social barriers

12. Same-Sex Marriage Forming Families cohabitating for hundreds of years
“Boston marriages”
typical gay/lesbian couple
urban
well-educated
less likely to have children
more likely to own homes
more egalitarian

13. Forming Families

14. Single-Parent Families Grandparenting Adoptive Parents
Gender and Parenting
Single-Parent Families
Grandparenting
Adoptive Parents
Foster Care
Private
Inter-Country
Transracial
Not Parenting

15. The Consequences of Divorce Blended Families
Family Transitions
marriage as lifelong commitment
divorce
“divorce divide” based on class and race
divorce blamed for social ills
The Consequences of Divorce
Blended Families

16. Family Transitions

17. Intimate Partner Violence
Violence in Families
Intimate Partner Violence
IPV
aka “domestic violence”

18. Violence in Families

19. Intergenerational and Intragenerational Violence in Families
sibling violence
violence against parents
parental violence against children
child abuse
child sexual abuse
American’s more accepting of violence against children then they realize
The Family in the 21st Century: “The Same As It Ever Was”