Despite opposite personality often still within the same social group Family Birds of a feather ock together Having only one sex partner spouse Marriage among di erent social groups Both mice Both social class position Similar life experiences Similar ideology Similar social class Marriage within one s social group i e Mickey and Minnie Opposites attract psychological construct not sociologically Most often people select mates based on same social group Why Family Forms Endogamy Exogamy Monogamy Polygamy Having more than one partner at a time A lot of the time develop because of social situations of where they are Polyandry Polygyny Preindustrial Family Household miniature economy Depends on kinship networks Industrial Revolution Created a division between work and home Multiple husbands Why Not enough women Himalayan Example i e exposure to romance in movies Ties based on blood or marriage Each wife can only get pregnant at certain times Preserves the farm Otherwise division of property would cause village to collapse Decided upon by consent of everyone Form of birth control Sex Scheduling Women should take turns with each brother each night Didn t use to care about what everyone else has but the village becoming exposed to technology is changing their ideals Multiple wives Increases fertility because a man can have multiple children at the same time Church of Latter Day Saints Family Public sphere Work for wages Largest spike of babies in human history Thriving economy government assistance Private sphere Housework children Men Women Cult of Domesticity Idea that true womanhood centers on domestic responsibility and child rearing Families After WWII Peak of middle class nuclear family Father mother biological children Idealized historically unusual Baby Boom Family and Work Signi cant changes since 1970 s Higher divorce rates Lower marriage and fertility rates More women in the workforce Second Shift Unpaid labor inside home performed after paid labor Counting job and housework men work 15 hours less per week Housework in the 20th Century p 445 Leisure Gap Men do less housework watch more TV sleep longer Individualism in the US Focus on personal growth happiness Idealistic view of relationships High rates of marriage and divorce Divorce isn t at it s highest now Have dropped consistently since the 80 s Giant divorce trend in the 40 s E ects of Divorce on Children Lower future SES Lower self esteem relationship di culties Context matters timing level of hostility Married parents between child outcomes Cooking laundry childcare Mostly women s responsibility If the marriage is happy
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