Exam 13: Families

The chapter makes the case that, along with the changing pace of life, _____ is (are) decreasing family interactions.

The chapter predicts several possibilities for families in the future based on the growing numbers of senior citizens in our society. Which of the following is NOT one of those predictions?

According to historian Stephanie Coontz in her book, Marriage: A History, the change from _____ to _____ is what made marriages today more fragile than those of the past.

Up until World War II, industry operated with the assumption that men worked outside the home and women did unpaid work within the home. Therefore, men were paid a _____, an income intended to support a family.

In 1950, _____ of U.S. families fit the model of a male breadwinner, a female full-time homemaker, and their dependent children.

In which decades, coinciding with rising divorce rates, did family forms start to become more diverse on television?

Same-sex marriage was legalized on June 27, 2015. Prior to that decision, there was much debate on both sides. Supporters of same-sex marriage argued that denying same-sex couples access to things straight couples take for granted, such as _____, was discriminatory.

According to the myth of separate worlds, the family is

Which term is considered code for reinstating the traditional concept of the nuclear family as a way of protecting the social order?

Frank and Marty have been a couple for 25 years but they only married in July, 2015, following the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling that allows same-sex marriage in all 50 states. In the 2010 census, they were recorded as living in a _____, but in 2020 they will be considered a _____.