Exam 9: Families

Describe the typical basis of marriage throughout most of human history and in most societies.

Describe the social factors that are encouraging zero-child families. Explain the demographic and social impacts the trend of zero-child families will have on Canada through the next 20 to 30 years.

Explain the phrase "genuine gender revolution" and provide evidence of its emergence.

Identify the reasons why some people think that the nuclear family is in decline.

Provide evidence that communism would not eliminate gender inequality in the family.

Polygamy increases the nuclear family vertically by adding spouses (usually women), while the extended family is an expansion of the nuclear family horizontally.

According to the textbook, which of the following couples is most likely to choose NOT to have children?

Same-sex couples can now legally marry in Canada. The changes in legislation that allow this were vigorously opposed by some. Research and evaluate the arguments that were raised by opponents to same-sex marriage.

Which of the following married couples is most likely to share domestic responsibilities equitably?

Until modern times, having children was an economic liability to the family.

Prepare a sociological argument that corporal punishment is an ineffective means of discipline.

Some sociologists predict that if abortion laws were repealed, poor women and their unwanted children would benefit the most, because taxpayers would foot the bills for social assistance.

In the immediate post-World War II period in Canada, employment and personal income reached an all-time high, as did home ownership. Which of the following was one significant consequence of these trends?

Describe the impacts of divorce on children. Explain how flaws in research may misrepresent how divorce affects children.

According to functionalist theory, the family serves just two important functions: procreating and socializing children.

Which of the following sociological perspectives describe the decline of nuclear family as an "unmitigated disaster"?

Explain the statement, "Social problems are a political choice." Use the example of child poverty in women-headed, single-parent families.

Explain why children raised by same-sex couples are not likely to be adversely affected. Outline the role that stigma and discrimination have on the well-being of children with same-sex parents.

The classic 1939 Hollywood movie Gone with the Wind was typical in endorsing which of the following views of marriage?

According to Friedrich Engels, the traditional nuclear family emerged as a result of which of the following?