7 Gender, Family, and Intimacy Free Online FlashCards

What social functions do families organize?

Families are socially recognized relationships through which people organize care, belonging, resources, and responsibilities.

How does a household differ from a family?

A household describes people living together; family ties can connect people across multiple homes.

What is a chosen family?

Chosen family consists of close relationships that provide kin-like support without necessarily relying on marriage or biological connection.

What does intimacy mean in sociology?

Intimacy involves close relationships marked by emotional connection, trust, communication, sexuality, or mutual support.

What expectation about modern intimacy is associated with Giddens?

Giddens argues that modern intimate relationships are increasingly expected to be sustained through mutual satisfaction and communication.

Name factors that can constrain intimate relationships.

Unstable work, housing insecurity, discrimination, and limited social support can constrain people’s ability to plan a shared life or provide care.

What goals does reproductive justice connect?

Reproductive justice connects bodily autonomy with the ability to have children, not to have children, and to parent in safe, sustainable communities.

Why can parenthood not be reduced to biology?

People may parent through birth, adoption, fostering, assisted reproduction, or a partner’s existing children; caregiving and family membership are not reducible to biology.

What is mental care work?

Mental care work includes noticing needs, tracking appointments, anticipating problems, and coordinating help.

What is social reproduction?

Social reproduction is the paid and unpaid work that sustains people and communities from day to day and across generations.

What do functionalist approaches examine about families?

Functionalist approaches examine how families contribute to socialization, support, and the coordination of everyday life.

What do conflict and feminist approaches investigate in family life?

Conflict and feminist approaches examine how power and resources are distributed, and how care, paid work, and economic dependence can reproduce inequality.