1 / 13

The Changing Family

The Changing Family. By Ethan Warren, Bryssa Torres, T.J Randall and Melanie Gould. Overview.

starbuck
Download Presentation

The Changing Family

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. The Changing Family By Ethan Warren, Bryssa Torres, T.J Randall and Melanie Gould

  2. Overview Newly found urban life due to the industrial revolution brought fundamental changes to the traditional family and its values. Our project outlines these changes from kinship, sexual relations, and the roles each gender had in the family household.

  3. Marriage *Romantic Love A. By the mid 18th century, traditional marriage patterns were rare. - Romantic love sprouted in its place taking over the old idea of men marrying later in life when they are economically stable to younger girls, often 5-10 years younger then them. B. Created a more likely chance for couples from different towns or villages to marry and couples ages became increasingly similar - “This shows romantic sentiment was replacing tradition and financial considerations.” (McKay, Hill, Buckler 805) - Economic consideration remained more important to the middle class than the working class

  4. Premarital Sex * Premarital sex in the Middle Class A. Young middle class women’s romantic lives were supervised - Mothers wanted their daughters to have a proper marriage - “ [A mother] guarded her daughters virginity like the family’s credit” (McKay, Hill, Buckler 805) B. Young middle class men were also supervised, but not as acute - Most boys had numerous experiences with maids and prostitutes before marriage * Premarital Sexual Experimentation A. Illegitimacy explosion (1750 – 1850 ) - In 1750- 2% of children born were illegitimate by 1850, 25% - Industrialized regions experienced little illegitimacy due to church and religious communities B. Second half of the 19th century saw more married mothers than the first.

  5. Prostitution * Extent of Prostitution A. Paris had 155,000 known female prostitutes from (1871-1903) - Although 750,000 others were suspected B. All men visited prostitutes, but the money was made from the upper and middle class men. * My Secret Life - Autobiography written by an English sexual adventurer - Revealed the dark side of sex - Brutal sexist behavior was part of life - Prostitution was only a state and not a permanent employment.

  6. Kinship Ties * Working Class homes A. Much stronger then social observers recognized - Newly-weds wanted to live near their parents - People turned to their families for issues they were having (sickness, unemployment, death, old age, etc.) B. Government provided more welfare by 1900, but people still were struggling

  7. Gender Roles * Women's roles - Most women did not marry in the 19thc. - after 1850- women's occupations were separate from their husbands * Husbands roles - Wage earners - Worked in factories and offices * Wives - Stayed home - Took care of children - when economic conditions were poor, men expected women to get a job to help pay

  8. Separate Spheres * Separate spheres -The wife was a mother and a homemaker - Unjust to women - Well paid jobs were off limits to women - Lacked basic legal rights - Began to rebel and wanted equality and rights of women * Husband - wager earner - not sympathetic to women

More Related