Abstract
The survey course in the family is one of the most popular sociology offerings. Unfortunately, the content of many of these courses and of most family sociology textbooks does not reflect the reality of the diverse family and household forms in American society, the societal forces that affect families and family members so strongly, the scholarship by social historians that demythologizes the families of the past, and the recent feminist scholarship that shows how life in families is experienced differentially according to gender. In short, many undergraduate students taking the family course are removed from the most scholarly developments in the field, the structural influences on families, the variation in families by class, race, and gender, and even the sociological perspective. This paper examines the current state of family sociology and the problems in teaching this subject, and presents alternatives to the traditional presentations of the family.
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