Sociological Approaches to Family and Intimate Life
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Running Head: ASSIGNMENT ON SOCIOLOGY
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ASSIGNMENT ON SOCIOLOGY
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Table of Contents
Family as a social construct...................................................................................................................2
Intimate relationships as the social constructs......................................................................................3
Sociological approaches........................................................................................................................4
Conflict Theory................................................................................................................................5
References.............................................................................................................................................7
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Table of Contents
Family as a social construct...................................................................................................................2
Intimate relationships as the social constructs......................................................................................3
Sociological approaches........................................................................................................................4
Conflict Theory................................................................................................................................5
References.............................................................................................................................................7
ASSIGNMENT ON SOCIOLOGY
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Family as a social construct
Social construction is actually a theory of understanding knowledge in communication and
sociology theory which evaluate the development of shared construction of understandings of
the world which form the basis for joint assumption about the reality. It is something that is
present not in the objective reality, but as the result of human interactions. Families as asocial
construction mean that family is the classification of the reality agreed upon by the members
of the society. The definition reflects the ideologies or value system associated with positions
in the power structure of the society (Doherty et al., 2009). It is classified into two different
types: weak and strong social construct. Family as the social construct or structure is
commonly taken for granted to mean a married couple with kids. For some people family is a
father, mother, and kids; to other family is any union that includes respect and compassion.
Some interactionists described that family is not a concrete reality or objective. Similar to
another phenomenon it is the social construct which is subject to the flow of the social norms
and the ever-changing meanings (Alexandra Beauregard, Ozbilgin, and Bell, 2009).
Considering the meaning of different other elements of the family father was previously a
symbol of emotional and biological connection to the children's. With the more parent and
children relationship progressing via adoption, change in guardianship, or remarriage, parent
word is less common to be associated with a biological connection. The word father and
mother are no longer correlates with the meaning of caregiver and the breadwinner. Some of
the interactionists also identify how the status of the family role of every member is socially
constructed, which can play an import role in how individuals perceive and assess social
attitude or behaviour. The families are viewed as the group of actors or role players that act
together in order to construct a family. Previously a good father was the person who worked
hard to gain financial support or safety for his children. Nowadays a is considered good when
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Family as a social construct
Social construction is actually a theory of understanding knowledge in communication and
sociology theory which evaluate the development of shared construction of understandings of
the world which form the basis for joint assumption about the reality. It is something that is
present not in the objective reality, but as the result of human interactions. Families as asocial
construction mean that family is the classification of the reality agreed upon by the members
of the society. The definition reflects the ideologies or value system associated with positions
in the power structure of the society (Doherty et al., 2009). It is classified into two different
types: weak and strong social construct. Family as the social construct or structure is
commonly taken for granted to mean a married couple with kids. For some people family is a
father, mother, and kids; to other family is any union that includes respect and compassion.
Some interactionists described that family is not a concrete reality or objective. Similar to
another phenomenon it is the social construct which is subject to the flow of the social norms
and the ever-changing meanings (Alexandra Beauregard, Ozbilgin, and Bell, 2009).
Considering the meaning of different other elements of the family father was previously a
symbol of emotional and biological connection to the children's. With the more parent and
children relationship progressing via adoption, change in guardianship, or remarriage, parent
word is less common to be associated with a biological connection. The word father and
mother are no longer correlates with the meaning of caregiver and the breadwinner. Some of
the interactionists also identify how the status of the family role of every member is socially
constructed, which can play an import role in how individuals perceive and assess social
attitude or behaviour. The families are viewed as the group of actors or role players that act
together in order to construct a family. Previously a good father was the person who worked
hard to gain financial support or safety for his children. Nowadays a is considered good when
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