Family, marriage and education
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Why is the family the 'primary' social institution?
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It's the FIRST one you meet and shapes you deepest — language, trust, values — before you can question it.
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'Primary' — what does it mean here?
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First and formative, not most important in every way or the biggest.
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How do institutions shape us AND get shaped by us?
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They hand us our language and values before we can choose, but each generation reforms what they teach and mean.
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The two-way street idea?
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Institutions pour us into shape, then we help re-pour them — we're both their product and their makers.
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How has 'family' changed?
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One narrow model gave way to single-parent, blended, chosen and same-sex families — a shifting pattern, not a fixed fact.
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Wollstonecraft's challenge?
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Traditional marriage and education were built to keep women dependent — a 'natural' arrangement was really a made one, so it can be remade.
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Illich's challenge to schooling?
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Schooling can trap the mind in the system it should free — so education must be questioned, not just accepted.
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The top-band move on institutions?
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Show an institution is MADE, not natural — then ask whether it should be remade ('natural' → 'made' → 'could be otherwise').
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