ch 11 families

family

census def

representative?

marriage

a socially acknowledged and approved sexual union between two adult individuals.

institutional

 preservation of marriage as a social institution 

compassionate

operates within the nuclear family and involves a clear division of labor between husband and wife where the man is the breadwinner 

individualized

focuses on individual satisfaction outside of traditional forms of marriage - emphasizing autonomy and independence (pure relationship)

pure marriage

role of online dating

reflexive modernity

less constraints / more flexibility in relationships (online dating) 

monogamy

it is illegal for a person to be married to more than one

polyandry

in which a woman may have two or more husbands simultaneously

polygamy

a marriage that allows a person to have more than one spouse

endogamy

exogamy

arranged marriage

decline in marriage

why

deinstitutionalization of marriage

social norms relating to marriage have weakened forming questions as to why we marry

age at first marriage

decline of nuclear family

non family

Lives alone or with nonrelatives 

• 13% in 1960 and 29% in 2022

• Increasing one person households particularly older adults and women 

cohabitation

Couples sharing a home and a bed without being legally married 

nuclear with children

non nuclear with children

single parent families

nonresident parent families

step family

A family in which at least one partner has children from a previous marriage 

blended family

Cohabitation of children from previous relationships along with one or more children from the currently married or cohabitating couple 

adoption

process by which an individual assumes a relationship and a responsibility for another, usually a child

• can be difficult, restrictive, expensive

same sex parents

families of choice

childless couples

gender inequality in the home

divorce

legal mechanism to dissolve marriage

individualism

decline in stigma

less financial barriers

nuclear family decline

functionalism

parsons

conflict theory

feminist theory

power control theory

patriarchal

matriarchal

egalitarian

balanced household

unbalanced household

intersecting personalities

burgess

power dynamics

waller

exchange theory

rewards and costs of fam