Family and Personal Relationships 1

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Chapter 2

• Family and Personal Relationships (1)

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THE FAMILY

• What is the popular image of a typical family?
• It consists of a married couple.
• Neither of them has been married before.
• They have 2or 3 children of their own.
• The husband works full-time but the wife probably
  does not.
• The wife does most of the housework although the
  husband may help occasionally.
• Lastly, all its members are happy.

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• FamiliesMarried couple families still the
  majority p28.1.

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YOUTH

• Teddy boys
• late 1950s
• http//www.fashion-era.com/1950s/1950s_4_teenagers
  _teddy_boys.htm

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• Beatniks
• late 1950s

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• Rockers
• 1960s

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• WHO ARE THESE hippies and what the hell do they
  want? It all happened so fast suddenly young men
  were wearing long hair and growing beards, young
  women were dressing like peasants and wearing
  psychedelic colors, all of them seemed dirty,
  drugged, and disrespectful of their elders and
  society at large. They were dropping out of
  college, starting up rock bands, living in
  communes, and traveling to the far reaches of the
  planet. To many it was frightening, mystifying,
  and inexplicable.

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• Punks
• mid 1970s

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• Rastas
• 1970s, West Indians

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MARRIAGE

• Why get married?
• because we love each other
• to make it legal
• for the sake of the children
• p31. 3 Are the reasons for marriage similar in
  China? How might they differ?

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• The Marriage Ceremony
• civil ceremony
• religious ceremony

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• Ethnic Diversity in Family Structure

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MARRIAGE DIVORCE

• marriages, UK 1972-2004 p31.4.

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• DivorcesFourth successive annual increase in UK

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• reasons for success in marriage
• and failure in marriage