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I found Mintz and Kellogg's brief discussion of the development of polygamy during the early 1840s intriguing and unexpected. While the "democratic family" emphasized the establishment of solid moral values and attempted to strengthen the affectionate bonds between family members through a system of mutual support, the Mormon families sought to reestablish a sense of patriarchy and traditional male dominance. The middle class family saw the rise of such practices as "deviant and disorganized," and well as an institution that 'degrades womanhood, motherhood, and family (p. 65.)" In the midst of the rising sense of duty to instill notions of purity into the hearts and minds of their children, the "democratic family" apparently faced issues of conformity and acceptance of diverse notions of family structure and sexuality | I found Mintz and Kellogg's brief discussion of the development of polygamy during the early 1840s intriguing and unexpected. While the "democratic family" emphasized the establishment of solid moral values and attempted to strengthen the affectionate bonds between family members through a system of mutual support, the Mormon families sought to reestablish a sense of patriarchy and traditional male dominance. The middle class family saw the rise of such practices as "deviant and disorganized," and well as an institution that 'degrades womanhood, motherhood, and family (p. 65.)" In the midst of the rising sense of duty to instill notions of purity into the hearts and minds of their children, the "democratic family" apparently faced issues of conformity and acceptance of diverse notions of family structure and sexuality | ||
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| + | Chapter 8 of American Identity was kind of intense. I find it scary how much a man's well, manliness, depended on not only his social standing but his job as well. I know that we freak out today about at least finding a job. These men were not only worried about that, but what kind of job they would end up in. It just seems intense that a man's true identity depended fully on his occupation. Even more so, this affected the way his family members were treated as well. If you were married to someone in a lower position, you were automatically going to be seen as lower in status just because of him. Crazy. -Kelly W | ||
