Family Forms & Diversity Flashcards
(24 cards)
Beanpole Family
A long, thin, multigenerational family where people live longer and have fewer children.
Classic extended family
A multigenerational family sharing a household or living close by.
Cohabitation
A couple that live together but are not married.
Living Apart Together
Couples that don’t share a house but maintain a close relationship.
Lone parent family
A parent that is single through choice or circumstance with dependent children.
Modified extended family
A family that lives apart but keeps in touch.
Extended family
All kin including and beyond immediate family.
Monogamy
Having one partner at a time.
Nuclear family
A married, heterosexual couple practicing gendered roles, with biological children in one household.
Polygamy
Having more than one partner at a time.
Polyandry
A woman having more than one husband.
Polygyny
A man having more than one wife
Reconstituted family
One or both partners have previously been married and may have had children.
Same sex family
A homosexual couple that may have children.
Serial monogamy
A series of relationships with one partner at a time (remarriage).
Single person household
A person living by themselves through choice or circumstance.
Symmetrical family
A family with no gendered roles - both parents provide, do housework and look after children equally.
Empty shell marriage
A couple that stays together for convenience rather than love.
3 reasons for the decline of the nuclear family
-Changing norms and values (secularisation and stigmas)”
-Legal changes (divorce, equal pay, education, adoption)
-Changing technology (easier to keep in touch increases LAT couples and Modified Extended Families, more advanced household appliances, changing the role of the housewife)
What change in regards to adoption took place in 2002?
Single and gay people were able to adopt.
When was homosexuality decriminalised?
1967
When was same sex marriage legalised?
2014
When was abortion legalised and contraception made available to all?
1967
When was the Equal Pay Act introduced?
1970
