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| a social group characterized by common residencies, economic cooperation and reproduction. It includes adults of both sexes whom maintain a socially approved (at least 2) sexually relationship one or more children (their own or adopted) of the sexually cohabiting adults. |
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Cherlin 1999
Adult and his/her dependents or 2 adults related by marriage, partnership or shared parenthood (plus, if applicable, any dependents)
-flexible doesnt require marriage |
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Cherlin 1999
* 2 or more people maintain an intimate relationship they expect will last indefinitely (or in case of parent child until later reaches adulthood) and have following in common: residence, income, and labor |
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| US census defintion of family |
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Family household:
"2 or more people, one of whom is the household, related by birth, marriage or adoption and residing in the same housing unit" |
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| Letha and John Scanzoni - family redefined |
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'89
Replace family with SBPR: Sexually Based Primary Relationship
-any erotic, close relationship that lasts a "considerable period of time" and is strong, frequent and interdependent
-"family" is too exclusive |
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Monogamy
Polygamy
Polygyny
Polyandry
Group Marriage |
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M: one man, one woman
P: All plural marriage
P: man and wives
P: Woman and husbands
Group marriage: very rare |
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Extended Family Terms
Stem, joint, and large multiple |
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*stem- vertical, multigenerations
*Joint - horizontal, same generation, bro and sis
* large multiple - both stem and joint combined |
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Unilineal
Patrilineal
Matrilineal
Bilaterial
Cognatic (amnilineal) |
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U: just one side counts
P: father, male line
M: mother, female line
Bi: through both equally
Cog: chooses which line to affiliate with after marriage |
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Consanguine: blood related
Conjugal : Marriage |
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Patrilocal
Matrilocal
Avunculocal
Bilocal
Neolocal |
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Pat: groom fam
M: wife family
Avum: husbands mothers brother (HMB)
Bilocal: live with either family
Neo: Live apart
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| Public Opinion - gay marriage |
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* court orders legislature to have gay marriage
*age demographics determine gay support -younger ppl support
*key factor : sexual orientation not a choice and thus unfair to discriminate
-a lot of things bio based ( pedofilia still treated)
* a lot of ppl unsure = 50% |
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| Traditional vs. Nouveau family |
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traditional -..."ppl who are related to one another by birth marriage or adoption"
nouveau- "essentially ...2 or more ppl who care about each other
-fluid and impermanent
-rooted in shared experience or emotion |
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| 5 different defintions, puposes for marriage and family |
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1) Religious - views on marriage and family
2) Legal - varies from country to country
3) Political - census needs definition
4) cultural - can be diff from legal
5) Social scientific - for purpose of doing research and analysis
-distinguishes marriage from family |
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| socially legitmate sexual union, begun with public announcement and undertaken with some idea of permanence it assumes a more or less explicit martial contract which spells out recipricol rights and obligations between spouses and between spouses and future children |
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Defense of Marriage Act
(DOMA)
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federal 1996
-to overcome "full faith and credit clause" of US constitution - states have to accept other states rulings
-federal government sees marriage as union of one man and one woman only - military cant accept |
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| States and same sex marriage |
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-13 states forbid by statutes (which can be turned over (in appeilate courts)
-10 states prohibit marriage by constitutional amendment
-19 prohibit all unions by constitutional ammendment
- 3 have left it undefined by either statute or constitutional ammendment |
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| States with same sex marriage |
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MA- (04) judicially
CONN- (08) judicial
IOWA - (09) Judicial
Vermont (09) legislatively
NH (10) passed legislatively
-all previous civil unions >marriage unless they say something about it
DC (10) -
CA- yes then no - voted down by Blacks and Hispanics who voted for Obama |
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