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Chapter 16: The Family Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 20074  Nuclear – Husband, Wife, and Child(ren)  Extended – Nuclear plus: Grandparents, uncles, and aunts  Family of Orientation – family in which you grow up in  Family of Procreation – the family formed when a couples first child is born  Marriage – A groups approved mating arrangements, usually has some ritual to follow Family Can Be...

Chapter 16: The Family Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 20075 Families Establish Patterns of…  Mate Selection – Endogamy – Within group Exogamy – Outside group ex. Incest  Descent – Bilateral - from both parents Patrilineal – Tracing from father only Matrilineal – Tracing from mother only ex. Naxi of China  Inheritance – Depends on your decent system  Authority- Patriarchy – ex. Marriage names Common Cultural Themes

Chapter 16: The Family Working with a partner…  Outline each of the theoretical perspectives  Functionalist (p453)  Conflict (p453-454)  Symbolic Interactionist (p456)  Summarize Figures: 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, and 16.4  For 16.1 and 16.3 list what your opinions are and why. How has this changed over time Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 20076

Chapter 16: The Family Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 20078  Love and Courtship in Global Perspective  Article on page 457  Marriage  Social Channels of Love and Marriage  Homogamy – the tendency of people with similar characteristics to marry one another  Propinquity – spatial nearness The Family Life Cycle

Chapter 16: The Family Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 200712  Latino Families  Families from Mexico – headed by married couple ---Puerto Rico  Time in the United States  Machismo – masculinity Diversity in U.S. Families

Chapter 16: The Family Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 200714  One-Parent Families  85% in 1970 ----69% today  Led by women ---tend to be poor  Blended Families – one whose members were once part of other families EX. Page 466 Diversity in U.S. Families

Chapter 16: The Family Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 200719  Unmarried Mothers  10% in 1970 and 34% 2007  Why? Industrialization? Further research needed…  Cohabitation - adults living together in a sexual relationship without being married  Grandparents as Parents  White 4 %Latino 7% African American 14%  Skipped Generation Families  Postponing Marriage and Childbirth  One of the most significant changes in marriage  Oldest then its ever been in history ???? The Sandwich Generation and Elder Care Trends in U.S. Families

Chapter 16: The Family Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 200725  Problems in Measuring Divorce  Children and Grandchildren of Divorce  More than 1 million a year  More likely to become?  What helps this transition?  Serial Fatherhood – Father reduces contact with family following a divorce  One sixth see dad one a week – Most never Divorce and Remarriage

Chapter 16: The Family Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 200727 The Dark Side  Battering  Equally likely to attack  85% of injured are women  Why doesn’t she just leave? P 477  How to handle frustration?  Child Abuse  Home for sale p, 478  3 million cases reported each year, 900,000 substantiated  Marital Rape  1/3 to ½ half of women in shelters  Less likely to report  Intimacy Rape - Cohabitation  Incest Two Sides of Family Life

Chapter 16: The Family Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 200728 The Bright Side—Successful Marriages  Spouse is Best Friend  Like Spouse as Person  Think Marriage is Long-Term Commitment  Believe Marriage is Sacred Two Sides of Family Life

Chapter 16: The Family Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 200729 The Bright Side—Successful Marriages  Agree with Spouse Aims and Goals  Believe Spouse Grown More Interesting  Want Relationship to Succeed  Laugh Together Two Sides of Family Life

Chapter 16: The Family Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 200730  Spend a Lot of Time Together  Are Quick to Express Appreciation  Committed to Promoting Mutual Welfare  Talk and Listen a Lot  Are Religious  Deal with Crises Positively Happy Families

Chapter 16: The Family Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 200731  No Danger of Becoming a Relic  Cohabitation, Single Mothers, Age at Marriage, Grandparents as Parents will Increase  Continued Distorted Images of Marriage and Family The Future of Marriage and Family

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