Transcript Chap : 11-FamilyMarriage and Intimate relationship

Chapter 11
The Family
George Ritzer
Presented by Rolande D. Dathis
Family
The family is a group of people affiliated by
blood, marriage, or adoption. According to
sociologists the family is the universal social
foundation that is fundamental to social life.
Some Basic Concepts
Marriage
Monogamy
Polygamy
Polygyny
Polyandry
Cenogamy
Endogamy
Exogamy
Love
Passionate
Love
Compassionate
Love
Intimate
Relationship
Intimacy
Intimate
Relationship
What is marriage
Marriage is the socially recognized and
consented and often legal union of two
people, permitting them to reside together
and to have children by birth or adoption.
Types of marriages
• Monogamy is a marriage between one man
and one woman. Nonetheless, with the
changing laws , monogamy might entail two
women or two men.
• Polygamy is the practice of having multiple
spouses.
• Polygyny is a marriage of a man to multiple
women.
Types of marriage cont’d
• Polyandry is a marriage of one woman to
multiple men.
• Cenogamy engages group marriage
• Endogamy is the custom of marrying only
within the same ethnic group, religion,
education level, social class end etc.
• Exogamy is the marriage between individuals
of dissimilar social categories such as race,
ethnicity, religion, education level and etc.
Intimate relationships
• Intimacy is “a close and personal
relationship”(Ritzer 2015p.366).
• Intimate relationship
Types of love
• Passionate love is a type of love characterized
by sudden onset, strong sexual sentiments,
and veneration of the one who is loved.
• Companionate love is a type of love
characterized by gradual onset and not
necessarily connected to sexual passion, but
based on additional rational evaluations of the
one who is loved.
Broad Changes In Marriage And The Family
(1)
Decline
In Marriage
Nuclear family
(2)
Perspective On The
Decline
In Marriage
Deinstitutionalization
Of Marriage
Deinstitutionalization
Institutional
Marriage
Individualized
Marriage
Companionate
Marriage
Self-Disclosing
And Pure
Relationship
Traditional nuclear family
Composition of nuclear family
The traditional nuclear family consists of a
married couple with one or more children.
Factors in deinstitutionalization of
marriage
1) Changing role of women in the familywomen in the workforce.
2) Declining social norms that require marriage
for childbearing.
3) Increased divorce rates from the 1960 to
1980 created a permanent impact on
attitudes toward marriage.
4) Increased in cohabitation.
Factors in deinstitutionalization of
marriage cont’d
5) More acceptance of same sex relationships.
Key terms
 Institutional marriage is the predominant
representation of marriage in the beginning of
20th century; accentuates on the preservation
of the institution of marriage itself.
 Companionate marriage is a type of marriage
highlighting a clear division of labor between a
breadwinner and a homemaker and bonded
through sentiment, friendship and sexuality.
Mainly in the mid twentieth century.
Key terms
• Individualized marriage is a form of marriage
in which the emphasis is on the satisfaction of
the person involved.
Board Changes In Marriage And The Family
(3)
Nonfamily
Households
“going Solo”
(4)
Family Households
(5)
Alternative forms
Of Family
Cohabitation
Single-parent Families
Nonresident Parents
Theorizing the family
Structural/Functional
Theories
Inter/actionist
Theories
Conflict/critical
Theories
Stepfamily
Blended Family
Lesbian and Gay
Families
Extended Family
Theorizing the family
• Structural/ functional theory “The family is a structure
with important functions for society as a whole. It
functions efficiently because the “expressive” (female)
and “instrumental” (male) roles are clearly defined”
(Ritzer 2015p.384).
• Conflict/ critical theory “ The family is a rich arena for
conflicts based on gender and age and the use and
abuse of power’ (Ritzer 2015 p384).
• Inter/actionist theory” The family is a meaningful
relationship to people enter because they think the
rewards will outweigh the costs and be more rewarding
than the alternatives” (Ritzer 2015 p.384).
Problems In The Family
Family
Conflict
The Deficit
Model
The Overload
Model
Cultural
Tensions Model
Abuse and Violence
Within the Family
Child Abuse
Domestic
Violence
Family, Consumption
And the Great
Recession
Gender Inequalities
Divorce
Elder Abuse
The Conflict-ofInterest Model
The Anomie
Model
Poverty and the
Family
Global Flows that affect the Family
Global
Migration
Global
Trafficking
Global
Conflict
Models of family conflict
1. Deficit Model – lack of socialization among the
family members contribute to family conflicts.
2. Overload model- the private sphere, counting
the family, is overloaded with responsibilities
that the public sphere has discarded.
3. Cultural tensions model- individuals’ incapacity
to deal with both family responsibilities and the
increasing importance on the self leads to family
conflict.
Models of family conflict
4. Conflict of interest model- the tension stuck
between increasing equality in the family and
structural inequalities that perseveres in society
cause injustices in family roles that lead to
conflict.
5. Anomie model- “ Conflict stems from families’
being left to negotiate and organize their
relationships on their own without help from
extended families and social norms and value as
in the past”(Ritzer 2015p 393).
Effects of Globalization on the Family
1. Global flows refers to the movement of the
entire families from one country to another with
no difficulty.
2. Human trafficking refers to the buying and
selling of children for illegal adoption, women
for prostitutions, and the illegal global traffic in
human organs.
3. Global conflict- A reason of “marriage squeeze”
leaves women without a satisfactory number of
appropriate male partners.