1. Family and Sex Roles in the Past Introduction

2. Definitions: Family 1. Family: two or more people related by blood, marriage or adoption. 2. Household–1 or more people living in a housing unit. In the West: family = household, coresidential primary descent group

3. Issues 1. Marriage 2. Education of young 3. Care of dependents 4. Lineage, or devolution of property, values, name, memory 5. Management of sexuality 6. Welfare of individuals

4. Related institutions 1. Church 2. State 3. Peer groups 4. Voluntary organizations 5. Economic organizations - firms, corporations, etc.

5. Social Power, based upon.... 1. Patriarchy 2. Age 3. Social class 4. Conquest

6. Definitions: Sex roles 1. The study of masculinity and femininity 2. Sexual practices 3. Gendering of the world –hence examine law, religious texts, everyday life for clues to gender messages embedded in discussions of other subjects. We start with 2 examples, ancient legal codes and creation stories.

7. Human History Timeline

8. Timeline See the Syllabus: –Prehistory to Antiquity –Ancient Greece and Rome and Emergence of Christianity –Medieval West –Early Modern World –Modern and Post Modern Society

9. Timeline

10. Periodization in Stearns: –Prehistory –Ancient Civilization –Post Classical Civilization –Early Modern to Contemporary Civilization

11. Timeline Prehistory

12. Timeline Ancient Civilization

13. Timeline Post Classical

14. Timeline Modern and Post Modern Era

15. Timeline

16. Summing Up: Themes 1. The creation of patriarchy 2. The varieties of family forms in different societies (selectively analyzed) 3. The material progress of human society: longer lives, more amenities, inventions that change family life –e.g., birth control. 4. The end of patriarchy? 5. Family and sex roles and history – of presidents, kings, war and empires