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Sociology of the family


00:02:01 1 Methodology
00:03:51 2 Sociology of interracial intimacy
00:04:50 3 Pre-modern family life and religious discourse
00:07:07 4 Sociology of marriage
00:09:42 4.1 The marriage market: determining who marries whom
00:13:14 4.2 Intersection of class and gender
00:16:26 4.3 Gender and work-family balance in marriage
00:18:45 5 Divorce
00:18:54 5.1 Trends
00:21:38 5.2 Parents: Falling out of love
00:24:04 5.3 Effect of Divorce on Children
00:26:25 6 Sociology of motherhood
00:26:35 6.1 Contemporary theories surrounding motherhood
00:27:20 6.1.1 Universalist approach
00:28:11 6.1.2 Particularistic approach
00:28:51 6.2 Conventional notions of motherhood
00:30:28 6.3 Deviancy discourses
00:31:09 6.4 Motherhood Statistics
00:32:01 7 Sociology of fatherhood
00:33:54 7.1 Science of parenting
00:35:00 7.2 Contemporary theories
00:36:32 7.3 Men who do not choose fatherhood
00:38:32 8 Alternate family forms
00:39:12 8.1 One-parent families
00:40:09 8.2 Cohabitation
00:40:47 8.3 Gay and lesbian couples
00:41:25 8.4 Child-rearing by same-sex couples
00:45:50 8.5 Chosen or fictive kin
00:46:07 9 Sociology of childhood
00:46:30 9.1 History
00:47:47 9.2 Recent trends
00:51:44 9.3 Gender and childhood
00:55:58 9.4 Current tasks
00:57:24 10 Journals
00:57:52 11 See also
00:58:01 12 Further reading



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- Socrates



SUMMARY
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Sociological studies of the family look at:

demographic characteristics of the family members: family size, age, ethnicity, and gender of the members
social class of the family, the economic level and mobility of the family, the professions of its members, the education levels of the family members
what spheres of life are important in and to the family unit
the effect of social change on the family
the interactions of the family with other social organizations.
diversity of family forms in contemporary societies in relation to ideology, gender differences, and state policies such as those concerned with marriage
interaction between family members within the family. How they rely on one another. How they work together/rely on the work of someone in the family.Examples of specific issues looked at include:

Changing roles of family members. Each member is restricted by the sex roles of the traditional family. These roles such as the father as the worker and the mother as the homemaker are declining. The mother is becoming the supplementary provider and she retains the responsibilities of child rearing. Therefore, the female role in the labor force is "compatible with the demands of the traditional family". Sociology studies the adaptation of the males role to caregiver as well as provider. The gender roles are increasingly interwoven.
Increase in sole occupancy dwellings and smaller family sizes.
Average age of marriage being older.
Average number of children decreasing and first birth at later age.
The historical pattern of fertility, from baby boom to baby bust (instability).
The ageing population, and the trend towards greater life expectancy.
Rising divorce rates and people who will never marry.
How the choices of the parents affect their children.
Same sex couples and marriages.
Children of same sex couples.