-Caveat Lector-
The "nuclear family" as a widespread social phenomenon emerged in the United
States only during the late 1940's, as ex-GI's returning from the war took
advantage of VA loans to acquire their own homes. It flourished during the
1950's and early '60's, but began to disappear in the late '60's, as
alternative forms of the family began to take shape. These alternatives were
not necessarily multi-generational families (although for a good bit of my
life I lived with three and even four generations under one or two roofs);
they included unmarried couples, both straight and gay, in short-term
relationships; ditto, but in long-term committed relationships; multiple
couples sharing living space; polymorphous-perverse assemblages; and every
conceivable combination in between. As divorce has become more accepted,
something often called "serial monogamy" has come into being...i.e., being
faithful to one partner at a time. (The multi-generational arrangements are
better for children, of course.) Another widespread phenomenon is
grandparents raising grandchildren, for a variety of reasons.
If anyone can find the nuclear family in all of this hodgepodge, go to it...
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ynr Chyldz Wyld [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 1999 11:48 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [CTRL] Bauer: Gay [homo]Couples Akin to Terrorism
>
> -Caveat Lector-
>
> From: "nessie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > What exactly are "homosexual values" and why would the NWO promote them?
>
> Well, all the gays I've known over the years were staunch Reaganite
> conservatives...
>
>
> > Good riddance. The nuclear family is a very recent and not very wide
> > spread abberation. Most people on earth live in extended families of at
> > least three generations.
>
> And not necessarily blood kin.
>
> What is now called 'the nuclear family' is, as you say, a recent
> phenomenon,
> and quite frankly is not all that great, in my estimation...
>
> It encourages a self-centeredness that older, 'tribal' societies (which
> includes
> most of Europe up until the 19th century) didn't have...
>
>
> > Most people have always lived in extended
> > families since before we came down from the trees.
>
> And those extended families then gathered into 'tribal' units, called
> villages
> and towns.
>
>
> > The nuclear family fragments and atomizes
> > society into easily managable consumer units. It fosters mental illness,
> > particularly neurosis, because it limits the child's role models to two
> > and because it discourages community.
>
> Exactly. God save us from the cult of the 'nuclear family'....
>
>
> June ;-)
>
>
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