History of Marriage
children are more expensive because they are mostly consumers rather than producers
more children are surviving to adulthood
more widely available birth control
Why are families smaller than they used to be?
children became more independent and as a result arranged marriages were replace with __________
What are proposals?
When a child is born this ends
When does the honeymoon period in a marriage end?
being married to more than one person at a time
polygamy
of or relating to residence with a husband’s kin group or clan
What is patrilocal?
______ once served as economic unit of production which is why families were big
What are marriages?
parents choose your spouse for you for economic, and social reasons
What is an arranged marriage?
an adult role in which there is no escape
What is parenthood?
one man marries one woman and vice versa
Monogamy
inheriting or determining descent through the male line
What is patrilineal?
some see it's future uncertain while others see changes in it as characteristic of an institution that has always been subject to change
What are characteristics of a changing family?
Threaten to discontinue education or support, change wills, appeal to family loyalty, and other psychological pressures
Send children to right schools so they will most likely meet others at their social level
What are ways parents still influence their children's choice of spouse?
Divorce rate for second marriages (higher or lower) than first marriages
What is higher?
the act of going through a marriage ceremony while already married to another person.
Bigamy
of, relating to, or characteristic of a system of society or government, or family controlled by women
Matriarchal
children are seen as an_______; Child Labor Laws, more machinery; less need for labor
Why are children seen as an expense?
Most people choose marriage partners at time when continuing to grow intellectually and emotionally
What is a reason why it is difficult to be sure you have chosen the right partner if you do it at an early age?
Catholic church more lenient, no-fault divorces, and woman more independent (Divorce)
What are barriers that have been removed making divorce easier?
marrying within your social status, race, and religion
Endogamy
living or located away from both the husband’s and wife’s relatives
Neolocal
Sociologists have traditionally attributed changes in American families in the last 200 years to this although this may have actually come after the changes?
What is industrialization?
______are less male dominated; more evenly balanced
What marriages of today are like?
Breaks up an economic and social unit
What are important effects of divorce?
marrying outside your social status, race, religion
Exogamy
inheriting or determining descent through the female line
Matrilineal