family key words sociology

• multiple partners at separate times

  serial monogamy
• new right 


  when sociology who criticise spf say that it leads to criminals and underachievers
• aging population


  the population of people over the age of 65 is larger than those under 18 because people living longer
• biagmy 


  marrying someone whilst already being married
• class deal


  you work hard to gain money which you then spend on consumer goods
• conformity 


  changing of believes and values
• continuity 


  typically in the older generation and is norms and values staying the same
• egalitarian society 


  a society where everyone is equal
• gender deal 


  women take on domestic tasks in return for love and affection
• idealisation


  regarding something as better as it actually is
• longitude study


  the changes of a person over time
• matriarchy 


  where women dominate society
• polyandry 


  where women are married to more than one man at a time
• polygyny 


  where men are married to more than one women at a time
• polygamy 


  the process of having one or more partners
• canalisation 


  channelling gender roles on children
• radical discrimination 


  discrimination against anyone
• social convention


  conventional agreed set of norms and value
• welfare state 


  where the government looks after the population