Week 9

Question 1

what makes a family

Answer 1

geography, history, culture

Question 2

the nostalgia trap

Answer 2

“Contrary to popular belief,
Leave it to Beaver was not a documentary.” – Historian
Stephanie Coontz
The “traditional
family” is a myth

Question 3

family decline

Answer 3

more children are growing up in single parent households than in past decades. Most children live or lived with both parents

Question 4

what are the shifting views on change

Answer 4

Americans moving away from concern and toward acceptance of diversity in family arrangements

Question 5

divorces are down

Answer 5

divorce rate hit 40-year low in 2018. divorce rate is highest for Baby Boomer generation

Question 6

technology and dating

Answer 6

• Durkheim theorized that complex societies reduce social integration
• Boyd argued that dating apps can help increase integration
• LGBTG’s “thin” dating market makes dating apps especially helpful

Question 7

hookup up

Answer 7

Bogle argues two factors led to increase:
- millennials delay marriage
- increasing number of people in college

Question 8

smock and manning

Answer 8

most common form of romantic relationship where people live together
- more than 12 million unmarried partners cohabit

Question 9

Vicki Howard

Answer 9

“constant string of events taking place that calls for merchandise that does not end until the last anniversary of the wedding is celebrated”

Question 10

fertility and reproduction

Answer 10

• families are smaller now than 40 years ago
• teen pregnancy rate is at historic lows
• not that women are not having children anymore. they are having fewer children and having them later in life

Question 11

what did Hochschild argue about division of household labor

Answer 11

women perform a second shift of housework after coming home from their wage-earning job

Question 12

what did Thebaud find about division of housed labor

Answer 12

husbands of breadwinner wives do less housework
- same sex couples are more egalitarian overall

Question 13

what affects parenting and an example

Answer 13

policy. example: maternity leave

Question 14

what are the 4 main types of intimate partner violence (IPV)

Answer 14

physical, sexual, stalking, psychological

Question 15

what did Rutter argue about divorce and remarriage

Answer 15

in unhappy marriages, divorce may benefit emotional health. remarriage is on the rise

Question 16

what are the 4 areas id predicted change about the future of families

Answer 16

economic, demographic, sociocultural, technological