Family Inequality - Stratification Sociology - Lecture Slides, Slides of Sociology

Download Family Inequality - Stratification Sociology - Lecture Slides and more Slides Sociology in PDF only on Docsity! Family Inequality • Families transmitting inequality – Class • Inequality within families – Gender • Unequal access to families – Race/ethnicity/nationality • Families resisting inequality docsity.com Inequality within families • Gender division of labor • Male authority • Child gender bias • Age hierarchy GENDER docsity.com Families resisting inequality • Family support systems – Social support • Married people live longer – Social networks • Job leads, shared care – Family forms • Household extension • Within limits – Can’t overcome structural inequality docsity.com Families transmitting inequality docsity.com Families transmitting inequality • Wealth and income • Skills and knowledge • Contacts and connections • Norms and behaviors docsity.com Skills and knowledge docsity.com Skills and knowledge • Kids learn what parents know – Specific skills, general knowledge • Some genetic inheritance of IQ – 2% of intergenerational correlation of income (Bowles, Gintes & Osborne 2005) – Gene * environment interaction • E.g., South Africa under apartheid docsity.com Contacts and connections docsity.com Actively fostering skills CONCERTED CULTIVATION docsity.com Allowing children to grow ACCOMPLISHMENT OF NATURAL GROWTH docsity.com Many adult-led events Hanging out with kin and friends docsity.com