The Politics of Marriage, Families and Future Citizens

Based on the readin" rel="nofollow">ings that discuss issues of marriage and family, why do you thin" rel="nofollow">ink the STATE has such a vested in" rel="nofollow">interest in" rel="nofollow">in the relationships between people who sleep together and/or people who want to raise children together? How do social norms reflect the gender regime favored by the State, and how are current events challengin" rel="nofollow">ing the heteronormative nuclear family as a basic social unit? Fin" rel="nofollow">inally, when sexual and reproductive knowledge and attitudes change, what happens to laws and codes of behavior in" rel="nofollow">in society? If babies can be born to women to whom they are not genetically related, parents can create families usin" rel="nofollow">ing a variety of technologies and tolerance for a variety of sexual orietations in" rel="nofollow">increases, how relevant are the old ideas about love, marriage and family? References: Women’s Realities, Women’s Choices: Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies, Fourth Edition. Oxford University Press, NY. 2015 (WRWC in" rel="nofollow">in syllabus). ISBN 978-0-19-984360-2 WRWC: Chapters 6, 7 and 8 bell hooks, “Femin" rel="nofollow">inist Parentin" rel="nofollow">ing,” Femin" rel="nofollow">inism is For Everybody (2000). Chrys Ingraham, “The Weddin" rel="nofollow">ing-Industrial Complex,” White Weddin" rel="nofollow">ings: Romancin" rel="nofollow">ing Heterosexuality in" rel="nofollow">in Popular Culture (2008). Josephson, Jyl. “Citizenship, Same-Sex Marriage, and Femin" rel="nofollow">inist Critiques of Marriage” Perspectives on Politics Vol. 3, No. 2 (2005): 269-284. Joslin" rel="nofollow">in, Courtney G. “The Legal Parentage of Children Born to Same-Sex Couples: Developments in" rel="nofollow">in the Law,” Family Law Quarterly Vol. 39, No. 3 (2005): 683-70 Sarah R. Hayford and Karen Benjamin" rel="nofollow">in Guzzo, “Racial and Ethnic Variation in" rel="nofollow">in Unmarried Young Adults’ Motivation to Avoid Pregnancy,” in" rel="nofollow">in Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 2013, 45(1):41–51, doi: 10.1363/4504113