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SOC 105
Textbook Chapter 14
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| The view of the world assuming that when the family fails, the rest of society fails is flawed because.... | reverses the relationship between family &society by treating families as the building blocks of society rather than as a product of social conditions, ignores the structural reasons for recent family changes & the profound changes occurring in the world |
| Myths about families in the U.S. | those of the past were better, more stable, adjusted, &happier, families provideaprivate,safe realm away from the public, mon- olithic family form, all family members experience family life the same way, breakdown of family is the cause of social problems |
| Downward mobility | movement to a lower social class |
| What are family forms in the U.S. closely related to? | economic development and the social conditions surrounding them |
| What conditions are contributing to today's changes in family strucutre? | the forces of globalization, technological change, capital flight, and the shift from an industrial economy to a service/information economy with reduced number of middle-class jobs, increased job insecurity, and downward mobility |
| Household | residential unit in which members share resources; may vary in membership and composition |
| Family | people related by birth, marriage, or adoption |
| Nonfamily household | persons who live alone or with unrelated indiviuals |
| Dual-worker families | family in which both spouses or partners are in the labor force |
| Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) | federal law providing workers in establishments with more than 50 workers the right to 12 weeks unpaid-job protected leave for meeting family health needs |
| How does the federal government provide for childcare? | deduction of childcare payments on income tax returns, childcare fee assistance to eligible members of the military, head start programs |
| 3 sources of strains causing coping with parenting to be difficult for any single parent | responsibility overload, task overload, emotional overload |
| Divorce | the formal dissolution of marriage |
| Reasons for increased divorce rates | increased social and financial independence of women, economic restructuring making women's employment necessary, women's inequality, greater tolerance for divorce in religious groups, and reform of divorce laws |
| No-fault divorces | one spouse does not have to prove the other was at fault in order to obtain a divorce |
| Consequences of divorce for men | advantage of better financial standing- men typically make more money than women, greater freedom -children tend to live w/ mothers after divorces, difficulty in maintaining a household routine, erratic eating, sleeplessness, &household work, &loneliness |
| Consequences of divorce for women | liberation from previous marital difficulties, freedom to seek new relationships, overburden of becoming a single-mother, connection with children and family, decline in economic resources |
| Effects of divorce on children | loss of father-figure, emotional scars from family uncertainty & conflict, enforced separation from one of their parents, less economic sources in single-mother household causing movement of school or home, behavior problems, decline in school performance |
| How can the way families are organized work to encourage conflict? | families are a power system with an unequal distribution of power between parents, children, and spouses, many events in which families can dispute, the common belief that that the home is private |
| The rule in our society that the home is private has 2 negative consequences... | isolates family members from the protection of society if a family member becomes too abusive and rule of privacy often prevents victims of abuse from seeking outside help |
| Intimate partner violence | use of force including rape, physical assaults, stalking and psychological aggression perpetuated by current and former spouses, cohabiting partners, sexual partners, and dating partners |
| What can intimate partner violence be caused by? | economic hardships, lack of resources, poverty, and a variety of other structures |
| The extent of child abuse and neglect is impossible to know because of what reasons? | studies have no uniform definition of child abuse, the issue is extremely sensitive to those involved |
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