Chapter 10 Learning Objectives

Marriage, Family and the Law

10.1 Define family and kinship, and describe how kinship systems have changed over time.

10.2 Understand how the family is connected to systems of inequality, such as race, class, and gender inequality.

10.3 Define the nuclear family, and describe how divorce, single-parent families, and the delay in marriage have led to changes in the traditional nuclear family.

10.4 Comprehend the main feminist critiques of the family, and show how women’s movements for greater equality have led to changes in family dynamics.

10.5 Describe the changes in attitudes and laws that have become more accepting of multiracial families as well as lesbian and gay families.

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