Exam 15: Families and Intimate Relationships

According to sociologist Talcott Parsons,the wife/mother fulfills the __________ (running the household,caring for children,and meeting the emotional needs of family members).

An estimated 60 percent of divorcing couples have one or more children.By age sixteen,about __________ white children and __________ African American children will experience divorce within their families.As a result,most of them will remain with their mothers and live in a single-parent household for a period of time.

Couples with more __________ ideas about women's and men's roles tend to share more equally in food preparation,housework,and child care.

Families are defined as relationships in which people live together with commitment,form an economic unit and care for any young,and consider their identity to be significantly attached to the group.

Some feminist perspectives on inequality in families focus on _________ rather than class.From this viewpoint,men's domination over women existed long before capitalism and private ownership of property.

Explain the differences in residential patterns in marriage and note why most people practice endogamy.

As a result of divorce and remarriage,complex family relationships are often created.Some people become part of __________ families,which consist of a husband and wife,children from previous marriages,and children (if any) from the new marriage.

About __________ percent of U.S.households are maintained by single parents who live with their own children under the age of 18.

Even with the less common pattern of __________-a system of tracing descent through the mother's side of the family-women may not control property.