Chapter 12 content Assignment “using the book, You May Ask Yourself” by Dalton Conley
1. Discuss the different forms of marriage. What does marriage offer a society?
2. Define endogamy, exogamy, monogamy, and polygam
3. Describe some of the different findings about how having a working mother affects children and explain how these findings are influenced by the types of questions asked.
4. Explain how gender roles are learned in the family and how the family can be a battleground for power.
5. Describe the many variations on the “traditional” family that exist today in the United States and in other Western nations.
Use the book and scholarly websites or articles to answer each question. Each question needs to be answered in complete sentence at least five sentence.