GENDER AND FAMILY

Prepared by:
Ms. Ma. Catherine A. Bacor, RSW
Outline
 Social institution
 Socialization
 Gender Socialization
 Nature and Notion of Family
 Needs to form a family
 Characteristics of family
 Functions of the family
 Kinds of family patterns
 Gender Roles Assignment in the Family
WHAT IS A SOCIAL INSTITUTION?
• Social institution is a group of social positions,
connected by social relations, performing a
social role.
• Any people or groups that you have social
interactions with. It is a major sphere of social
life organized to meet some human need.
 Socialization determines
the person you will become.
Gender socialization is the process of learning the
social expectations and attitudes associated with
one's sex. Sometimes gender roles lead to inequality; for
example, women's social roles were once more restricted
regarding politics, and United States law prohibited
women from voting. Some researchers believe that
biological differences underlie some behavioural
differences between males and females; others disagree.
The most common agents of gender socialization—
in other words, the people who influence the
process—are parents, teachers, schools, and the
media. Through gender socialization, children begin
to develop their own beliefs about gender and
ultimately form their own gender identity.
FAMILY
 Nature and Notion of Family
Family indeed is the most important universal institution. It
is the core of the social structure and fundamental unit of
the society because it is from which all other pertinent
institutions to make society works. In general, it consists of
father, mother and children. Family is the primary group
hence everyone is a member of this primary group.
Needs to form a family:
(1)Reproductive urge
(2) Biological needs
(3) Economic provision
 Characteristics of Family
(General)
Sex relationship should be healthy-present between
husband and wife. Or making relationship or if this
relationship breaks then the family slowly breaks according
to Mac Iver.

It provides care to children like economic needs. Emotional

basis i.e. family is based on emotion. If this is absent the
family breaks.
 Characteristics of Family
(General)
A system of Nomenclature i.e. according to Anderson
there are two kinds of family and both these give
importance to Nomenclature. This means that the children
relates to the families name.

A single household for a well-organized family.

 Characteristics of Family
(General)
Durable association of hubby and wife according to
Anderson & Nimkoff.

Husband and wife with or without children.

Characteristics of the Filipino Family
• The Filipino family is usually an extended one and
therefore, big.
• In spite of the family planning programs and population
efforts promoted all over the country, many Filipinos
have more children than would be justified by those who
are concerned with population growth.
• In the Filipino family, kinship ties are extended to
include the ―compadre’ or sponsors. Compadres and
comadres are regarded as relatives and closer ties are
formed.
Characteristics of the Filipino Family
• Parents gets sponsors (ninong and ninang) in the baptism
of their child and wedding of a son or daughter.
• In the Asian family, a great difference exists in the roles
of man and woman. A woman’s position in the home and
society are much lower than that of man. A much higher
regard is attributed to the Filipino woman, especially
with the changing roles and functions of the family.
 KINDS OF FAMILY PATTERNS

• Membership: Nuclear extended

• Residence: Neolocal, Matrilocal, Patrilocal
• Authority: Patriarchal, Matriarchal,
Equalitarian
• Descent: Bilineal, Patrilineal, Matrilineal
• Terms of marriage: monogamy and
polygamy
 FAMILY
STRUCTURES/MEMBERSHIP
Nuclear Family
Extended Family
Single Parent Family
Reconstituted Family
Empty Nest Family
According to place of residence, the family may
be classified as:
1. Patrilocal when the newly married couple lives
with the parents of the husband.
2. Matrilocal when the newly married coupled
lives with the parents of the wife
3. Neolocal when the newly married pair
maintains a separate household and live by
themselves.
With reference to authority or who is considered
head, the family may be classified as:
1. Patriarchal when the father is considered the head
and plays a dominant role.
2. Matriarchal when the mother or female is the head
and makes the major decisions.
3. Equalitarian when both father and mother share
in making decisions and are equal in authority.
Bilineal – both father’s and mother’s line.
• According to terms of marriage, there is monogamy
and polygamy.
• Polygamy means plural marriage.
There are three types of polygamy:
1. Polyandry where one woman is married to two
or more men at the same time.
2. Polygamy where one man is married to two or
more women at the same time.
3. Cenogamy where two or more men mate with two
or more women in group marriage.
 The Impossible Dream (Original
Long Uncensored Version) -
Animated short - Cartoon - UN - 1983
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