3.9 Going Deeper
Elizabeth B. Pearce
Now that you have started reading about the importance of love and community, this page has some resources for you.
First, there are some resources that the authors used but could not fit into the chapter. If there was something that really piqued your interest and made you want to learn more, it may be listed in this table. This is also a resource for students who may have an assignment to research a particular topic or who need to identify a topic for a final project. Scan through “Want to Learn More?” if you are interested.
Next, you will see a set of reflective questions. You may be assigned these questions as a chapter review, or perhaps you will be using them as discussion questions in class. These questions are designed to help you apply the chapter concepts, develop your sociological imagination, reflect, and use an equity lens. Look over the “Reflective Questions” if you’d like to explore your own thinking more thoroughly.
After that, you will see the same list of key terms that appeared at the start of the chapter. They may help you with your additional exploration or research.
Finally, some chapters include activities that the instructor may use in the classroom.
Want to Learn More?
- If you would like to read more about the separation of immigrant families from the Global South, there is a deep dive on this Human Rights Watch webpage, and there are links to detailed fact sheets and descriptions of visits to the facilities where parents, babies, toddlers, and children are being held.
- To learn more about platonic life partnerships (PLPs) from April Lee, visit her TikTok page.
- To read more about digital media and relationships, read the article “From Online Dating to Online Divorce: An Overview of Couple and Family Relationships Shaped through Digital Media” (2017).
- To read about how to qualify for Medicare or Medicaid, review these government websites:
- If you’d like to listen to Rachel Lindsay and Becca Kufrin, listen to “Race, Diversity, and Bachelor Nation,” the June 9, 2020, episode of Bachelor Happy Hour. It is also available on most podcast platforms.
Reflective Questions
- How are community and connection important to individuals? What theory best helps you understand this idea?
- How are kinship and family similar and different? What is the role of social structure?
- How do changes in the social constructions of gender and sexuality affect family and intimate relationships?
- What are the factors that contribute to union formation? Which ones have influenced you the most personally?
- In what ways does the government influence partnerships, marriages, and breakups?
- What are the most likely contributing factors to the increase in divorce from the 1960s forward? What are the disproven factors that are still cited by many?
- How does societal stigma influence union formations?
- What are the issues related to equity when it comes to partnerships (including marriage)?
Key Terms
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