SYO3100 FINAL SG Family is the backbone of society BOGUS The family is the backbone of society for the following reasons it is in charge of the socialization and regulation of intimate relationships is places new members into the social structure it is an institution from ancient times meeting basic needs of reproduction and childcare not because it experiences divorce abuse and other social problems Family is a cultural universal BOGUS The family is a cultural universal regardless of its type BOGUS The American family is diverse HISTORY OF THE FAMILY Tribal treaties o Traditional family practices vary among tribes o The family is a group who reside together and care for each other s survival through reciprocal defense and economic coorperation First Immigrant Families o The family is a group formed by members related by blood and law with common residence caring for each other and in charge of child bearing and social support of dependents Africans o First arrival recorded in 1619 as voluntary immigrants o Later immigrants came largely involuntarily as indentured servants then slaved o Slave owners encouraged marriage and many children in order to maintain and increase their property Mexican American Families o Treaty of Hidalgo put extreme stress on family o The family is defined as a group composed on extended kin which may include aunts uncles married sisters and compadres o Traditions of Mexican culture remained strong Indian Reservation Families and living conditions o Native families experienced dramatic changes in size compostition o Traditional family is defined in terms of linguistic racial and cultural Indian values and styles of living Asian Families o Asian families experienced confinement Chinatowns limited business opportunities low fertility rates and the strengthening of Chinese traditions due to bans on intermarriage and women forced to prostitution brought to the US African American Families o African Americans were granted citizenship by Civil Rights Act o The family is defined as two parent after emancipation o Black families differ in family organization merely reflects their limited economic resources benefits an rewards in American society Family is the basic social institution a group of people with a common function Functions of the family Procreation Socialization ensures societies survival by replenishing the population children acquire language knowledge attitudes beliefs values culture so they can function in society Economic Security provides financial security and stability food shelter clothing Emotional Support family is a primary group close long lasting intimate face to face interaction that provides nuturance love and emotional sustenance Social Class Placement social standing is inherited from our parents a child s ability to puruse opportunities can be strongly influenced by their social class but it is possible to move up and down in social hierarchy in adulthood o Social Class category of people who share similar standing or rank in society based on wealth education power prestige THE family is the generic term used to refer to the social institution A family is the actual unit of 2 people who Co habitat Related by blood marriage or adoption Care for each other Social Group a group of people who share a common characteristic Social Category a group of people who share a defining trait ex women Marriage a socially approved mating relationship stable enduring universal Cohabitation couples or 2 people who live under the same household and are not related by blood Conjugal Family married spouses Nuclear Family parents and their children most common in Western families Extended Family parents children aunts uncles grandparents etc most common universally Traditional Family father breadwinner mother domestic BOGUS The movement of women from domestic work to jobs outside of the home has altered the traditional roles of husband father and wife mother Blended Family aka step families adults with or without children from previous marriages joining as one Single Parent Family when on parent usually the mother raises the children BOGUS Single parent families are created when children live primarily with one parent after a divorce Endogamy Homogamy marriage within the same group or class Exogamy Heterogamy marriage outside of group or relatives Monogamy marriage to only one person at a time Serial Monogamy marriage divorce remarriage divorce Polygamy when on person has more than one spouse Polygyny Polyandry one male 2 females most common one female 2 males Patrilineal Decent last name passed down by father most common US Matrilineal Decent last name passed down by mother Bi Lineal Decent name passed down by mother and father Matriarchy female usually eldest controls cultural political and economic resources hold power over family Patriarchy respected male controls cultural political and economic resources hold power over family most common US BOGUS Patrilineal and patriarchal authority in the family reproduce social inequalities families teach support for the power differentials among groups Neo local family when new spouses start their own family residence most common US Patri local new spouses reside with the husband s family Matri local new spouses reside with wife s family Family Household when the residents of the home are defined as a family Non Family Household Cohabitation of people who do not consider each other to be family college roommates Family of Orientation the family in which a biological or adopted child is raised Family of Procreation the family a person forms by marrying and or having or adopting children after leaving family of orientation BOGUS Family of Orientation is NOT the same as Family of Procreation Primary Group those who you create long lasting face to face intimate relationships with nuclear family close friends Secondary Group typically a group of 2 people working to achieve the same goal but often do not share much contact outside of designated risk co workers DEMOGRPAHIC CHANGES IN THE AMERICAN FAMILY Family Households Family Households with married couples have seen a decline while single parent families have more than doubled Non Family Households have seen a substantial increase Singles one of the fastest growing groups young people are postponing marriage people live longer and are more likely to outlive their partner older women who are divorced or widowed are less likely to remarry singles are more likely