Matriarchal Family: The Wild And Wonderful Whites

Marriage “The Evolution of Matrimony” written by Stephanie Coontz, is about the social change in marriage. Marriage has been an important part of most societies in the world. It is about how marriage has changed in the past thirty years. The author points out the changes in marriage pervades the social, economic and political aspects of society. The changes have been at different rates depending on the region.

“Deviance in sociological context describes actions or behaviors that violate cultural norms including formally-enacted rules (e.g., crime) as well as informal violations of social norms.”

Stephanie Coontz in “The Way We Weren’t: The Myth and Reality of the Traditional Family” emphasizes that the traditional and ideal nuclear family widespread in media and textbooks are false and far from reality. In fact, it is common to see more similarities to the traditional family consistent of “male breadwinner and nurturing mother” (1) today than in the past.

The film, Precious, is a powerfully charged story that delves into the family dynamics of a 16-year-old girl and her struggles to survive an onslaught of treacherous experiences. Throughout the film, the viewer is enveloped in a dramatic web of extreme situations, experienced by the main character, and those to whom she is close. The themes of domestic violence, rape, incest, drug addiction, gambling, poverty, social justice, social services, housing and education are laced together throughout the story. Particularly poignant attention is paid to various systems that help shape the experiences of the characters. The social services industry, and its associated workers, educators and administrators, set the foundation for the social themes that are highlighted by this film.

A week ago I found myself reading Patricia Hill Collins, “It’s All In the Family: Intersections of Gender, Race, and Nation” and it made me reflect on the ways in which both gender and race are socially built out of distorted interpretations of family. Collectively constructed as opposed to an innate understanding. We have grown dependent on dysfunctional projections of family, giving rise to a hierarchy which aims to serve all: “…a male headship that privileges and naturalizes masculinity as a source of authority…mothers comply with fathers, sisters defer to brothers, all with the understanding that boys submit to maternal authority until they become men.” (Collins 159) The commitment towards this flawed assemblage of characterizations, has in a way, normalized the social hierarchy. However, this expectation has become unrealistic. Many females find that they are not adequately prepared to survive in a male dominated country, although there is little rebellion against these imposed values.

2. Matriarchal: A matriarchal society is a society governed by women. The Iroquios, five different native american nations banded together by a man named Hiawatha, ruled through a matriarchal system. Power was inherited through female lines of authority. These women had an influence in local councils. It is unusual that these women played such a significant role in society because they were usually seen as inferior.

The matriarch of owe close knit family was a Mult-faced powerful women of God. She was many things to many people to us. She was mommy, Grandma and nana. She lived up to all of here titles. She was blessed to know her great grandchildren and have meaningful loving relationships with them all. Before any of us were born she met the love of her life Theodore Jefferson Smith, whom she was married to for nearly 50 years. Our father preceded her in death, but not before they had four daughters. Carsandra, Jerry, Annette and Karen and Kater on when we grew up we all had children of own and grandchildren. There is Anthony Smith, Courtney Holloway, Brandon Smith, and Ashley Smith and Gerome Holloway. Her great consist of Sasha Smith- aluarey and Cayden

Marriage can be defined as a legally or formally recognized union of man and woman. Monogamy is the practice of being marries to one person at a time. Being involved in a relationship with only one sexual partner and not having romantic relations with anyone else is an example of monogamy. Polygyny is the practice of having more than one husband or wife at the same time. The show Sister Wives is about the life of a polygamist family that includes Kody Brown, his four wives, and their eighteen children. Polyandry is the practice of a female having more than one

Social deviance is social behavior that goes against the norm. This type of behavior is frowned upon by much of society. Social deviance exists in any society where they have set social norms. The show that I believe displays social deviance is First 48. This show has been airing on A&E since 2005. This particular show is based on criminal acts and violence. The people in this show are labeled criminals, dumb, some stupid, less than, animals, bad people, and even ghetto by society. Society label people, without filters, and without knowing where people came from, or who they are. For most criminal’s murder is not the first offense, I feel that to commit a crime like murder, criminals work start with small petty or primary crimes like maybe stealing or cutting school and fighting. The maybe dropping out of school, gang banging, and even attempted murder. So secondary crimes that lead up to murder. So, from a troubled youth, young adult and they have now earned a label, and like most it’s easy to believe the worse, and they assume the position of the label or stigma that others have put on them. Next, we’re going to talk about Durkheim’s functions of defiance. Let’s start with the first of Durkheim's functions of deviance, which is that deviance makes our cultural values clear. Next, our defiance helps with defining our morality. Third, defiance helps us to come together as a society. And the final, fourth function is how defiance promotes social change.

Deviance is the criminal or non –criminal behaviour that violates the social norms of a society, and this behaviour gets disapproval from the majority (Cliffnotes, 2016). A social deviance in the small rural community of Barneyside, Westmoreland is a group of young men that is creating havoc on a portion of the community. They commit a number of illegal activities on a regular basis like breaking into people’s house and stealing their money and appliances. These set of young men also are involved in praedial larceny, and they mostly target cows and goats. Because these activities are carried out at nights, they have also developed a habit of blowing out the street lights so that the roads become dark. When the items are stolen they are sold

++Deviance, in sociology, is the study of violating societal norms, whether formal or informal (boundless). The act of deviance is relative to time and place and can be defined by moral judgment. Any act cannot be isolated as a deviant, for even murder can be allowed (in a case of self-defense, or fighting a war). Murder, and other heinous acts such as rape, assault, and theft, fall under the formal category. These acts have severe consequences, for the victim involved and especially for the perpetrator. Informal deviance refers to behavior that is seen disapproving in society, but doesn't have a huge negative impact; this can include things such as picking one's nose, taking one's shoes off in a business setting, and speeding (Boundless). Correspondingly, there are three social foundations to deviance such as symbolic interaction, structural functionalism, and social conflict (Moffitt). Structural functionalism is a theory that allows large

Imagine yourself rich and powerful willing to act on committed crimes done by the individual or protect loved ones. Deviance is used by society to evaluate behaviors that take place during everyday social norms. Usually most individuals agree or conform to certain behavior or actions. Deviance is defined is numerous ways. Researchers believe that deviance is violation of social norms. Some believe deviant behavior is when one is breaking the law or acting out in a negative manner. Individuals use specific words to classify deviant acts from a sociological perspective. There are crimes that are deviant actions and not deviant acts. For example; this could include rape or murder. The book discusses Privileged Deviance being controlled by

Traditional society believes that men are more powerful than women. How society put men as the leaders in the society proves it. It causes men to have power over women. For example, in traditional society, men become the acceptable leaders who are responsible for making decisions. The decisions mostly disadvantage women. Meanwhile, women are destined to agree all of the decisions made by men. For instance, husband tells his wife to stay at home instead of taking part in society. Husband also warns his wife to not speak

Polygamy: state of marriage to many spouses (www.polygamy.com). Polygamy has a conflicted past in history. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all condoned the practice of Polygamy in the early years of each respective religion. As time passed, so did the feelings and laws towards Polygamy. Polygamy is now outlawed among western Jews, and though it is legal in other areas, it is unheard of. Christianity does not tolerate Polygamy. While Islamic law still allows Polygamy it is not often practiced. Islamic Polygamists are usually wealthy and from areas where it is legal, such as Africa or the Middle East (Luscombe, Belinda). Mormons used to encourage the practice of Polygamy but that changed in the 1890s (James, Keller). Whatever the religious

The ideal American family was transformed in the 19th century in large part due to the great changes taking place in the American society. Many family groups fit this changing mold while some did not. In this essay I will show how this concept of the ideal American family changed. I will also try to explain which groups of Americans followed this concept and why.