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Question: Choose two of the following questions to answer/discuss. Make certain to support your opinion using concepts and vocabulary from the textbook and weekly course concept lessons. You will need to post at least 2 full well-written paragraphs.
Questions
Page 156: Review the "Ten Questions Couples Should Ask Before Marrying." In your view, which question (or questions) is/are most important. Explain.
Discuss your views on using the Internet to find a mate. See page 147. What are the advantages and disadvantages? Additionally, how has technology affected the composition of the family? Has the family changed because of technology? Explain?
Discuss the functions of the family. How are these functions connected to our culture? Culturally, discuss traditional roles of men and women in families? Are these roles changing? How? If one is "married without children," do functions still apply?
Discuss the conflict perspective of family ("Authority Patterns"; Who Rules?). Do men have more power than women? Culturally, why do women take-on the last name of men? Does this behavior deny women of their individuality? What does an egalitarian family look like?
Future of the Family: In your view, what does the future of the family look like?