The Family in 2100: Changes in Family Structure, Gender Roles, and Relationships

The Family in
2100
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Introduction
To begin with ,the term family can have various meanings. In this
context, a family can be regarded as a group of people who are related to each
other either by birth, marriage or adoption. The family is often regarded as the
simplest unit in a society setting.
Well, this presentation aims to look at the family in 2100. In this presentation
various aspects about the family in 2100 would be looked at. For instance, the
family structure in 2100, which would be performing various functions of the
family, gender roles and their extent in affecting family structure, family
relationships and relevant changes that would involve it.
Gender roles would change in 2100. This will also be looked at and the effects of
these various changes would be mentioned. The changes will range from
political, social, economic and biological.
These presentations would involve the use of pictorial representations in form of
diagrams, tables which will also be used and pie charts which will be used to
explain how the family is anticipated in 2100[1:30].

Different family structure in
2100
The family in 2100 presents a very dynamic possibility. There
will be totally different and unusual family structures. These various
family structures would be contributed by a number of factors such
as increasing divorce rates(Epstein, 2018).The rate at which people
will be getting divorced is projected to increase; currently statistics
show that the rate of divorce around the globe is at about 29% a
year. Come 2100 the rate of divorce is projected to range between
69%-81%. This clearly indicates that there is a danger. This
tremendous increase of divorce rates would be caused by a number
of factors such as increased technology[2:00].

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Another possible family structure in 2100 is extended families.
The life expectancy is expected to go high. For instance back in 2012
the average life expectancy was ranging at around 81.24years in
Canada.
Increased couples without children would also be another possible
family structure in 2100; basically the number of children per
household would decrease. Currently birth rates are dropping at a very
high speed. Various scholars and academicians have projected the
birth rates per household/family to be at around 1.0 by the year 2020
(Wallace, 2012). This clearly implies that by the time it reaches 2100
situation would be far much worse than it is already seen now (Dahln
& Lochner, 2012). The diagram below shows how the childless families
would be and some of the projected outcomes for 2100[3:12].