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Marriages and Families
Fall 2017
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Professor Grace Young
Preparation for Second Exam
Your second exam will be held on Tuesday, November 7th, 2017. It will consist of 50 multiple choice questions. The exam will draw on the material covered in class since the first exam through material covered on Thursday, November 2nd, 2017. That includes all assigned pages in the textbook, class lectures, presentations, readings and discussions. A good way to review for the exam is to make sure you are familiar with the concepts we have covered in class thus far. Below is a list of any of those concepts.
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Chapter 6 Sexuality and Intimate Relationships
Human sexuality
Puritan sexuality
Victorian sexuality
Sexual revolution
Institutions that teach us about sexuality
Sexual double standard
Sexual scripts
Significant others
Generalized others
Sexual orientation
Heterosexism
Heterosexuality
Compulsory heterosexuality
Age at first sexual intercourse
Homophobia
Homosexuality
Bisexuality
Masturbation
Menopause
Types of contraception
Chapter 7 Nonmarital Lifestyles
Historical views of singles
Reasons people stay single today
Push/pull factors to live together
Types of singles
Who cohabits?
Cohabitation’s relationship to marital stability
Common-law marriage
Domestic partnership
Chapter 8 The Marriage Experience
Reasons people marry
Principle of legitimacy
Sacrament
Legal marriage
Social marriage
Bigamy
Adultery
Coverture
Conjugal rights
Legal aspects of the marriage contract
4 destructive behaviors to marital happiness
Personal marriage agreement
Pre-nuptial agreement
Marital adjustment
Heterogamous marriage
Chapter 9 Reproduction and Parenting
Total fertility rate by
racial/ethnic group
Costs of parenthood
Benefits of parenthood
Social pressure to procreate
Abortion – historical perspective
Effects of restricting abortion
Causes of infertility
Artificial insemination
In vitro fertilization
Embryo transplant
Surrogacy
Sex preference and selection
Cultural double bind of expectant fathers
Couvade
Postnatal depression
Motherhood mystique
Gender differences in experiencing parenthood
Styles of parenting
Authoritarian, authoritative, permissive parenting
Lesbian and gay parents
Film: The Timeless Way
Debate #4: Are Children Raised by a Lesbian or Gay Couple Worse Off than Those Raised by Different-Sex Parents?
Film: A Timeless Way
See page 2
Chapter 10 Evolving Work and Family Structures
Advantages/Disadvantages of Traditional Nuclear family model
Commuter marriage
Dual earner vs. dual career families
Division of Household labor
Role overload
Role conflict
Occupational distribution
Pay equity
Sexual harassment
Feminization of poverty
Working poor
Underemployment
Job sharing
Flextime
Family and Medical Leave Act
Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978
How we compare to European Union countries
Debate readings: Are Children Raised by a Lesbian or Gay Couple Worse Off than Those Raised by Different Sex Parents?