Sociology- Family
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- Created on: 29-04-13 13:02
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- Family
- Socialisation
- Identity-how we see ourselves and others
- Non-socialised children
- Kamala and Amala- found in 1920's India. Wolf children- walked on all fours, howled, slept curled up
- Need physical care, ability to learn etc to become full members of society
- If language learning starts too late -critical period missed. Can't develop fully
- Kamala and Amala- found in 1920's India. Wolf children- walked on all fours, howled, slept curled up
- If language learning starts too late -critical period missed. Can't develop fully
- Canalisation and manipulation
- Functions
- Functionalist view
- Traditional nuclear family is deal for modern day living- makes most of men and women's natural abilities
- Comfort/Support. "Warm bath"- washes away cares of outside world
- 7 functions
- The regulation of sex
- Reproduction
- CHANGE- Children out of wedlock
- Physical care
- CHANGE- Less dependent on relatives. Social security and child tax credits etc
- CHANGE-NHS
- Socialisation & social control
- CHANGE- childcare and education
- Emotional Support
- Economic support
- A place in society
- Criticisms
- Feminists- benefits men. Increases their life expectancy + health. Gender inequalities
- Oakley -1970's. Working class male dominated. MC more equal
- Duncombe & Marsden (1995)Dual burden/triple shirt.
- Part time trap
- Marxists- benefits ruling class. Keeps families able to go out and make money for the ruling class
- Doesn't function well.
- Childless women
- 12,500 children on child protection register
- Children with mental disorders- lack of emotional care
- Feminists- benefits men. Increases their life expectancy + health. Gender inequalities
- Functionalist view
- Traditional family types
- Nuclear
- Traditional nuclear
- Married parents. Different roles
- Feminists criticise
- Male dominated
- Woman's role is unfulfilling
- Dark side
- Murdock.
- Traditional nuclear
- Extended
- Gench, Gavron & Young (2006)- extended families in white communities now non-existent. Bangladeshi
- Matrilocal
- Traditional extended family
- Thee generation matrilocal family- frequent face to face contact
- Willmott & Young (1957)- East London. Matrilocal- help and advice and financial/physical support
- Disappearing! Symmetrical family emerging. Change in community and work force. More privastised
- Patriloal
- Neolocal
- Nuclear
- Ch-ch-ch changes
- Reasons for change
- Divorce act 1971
- Increase in divorce
- Increase in divorce
- Children being born out of wlock
- Secularisation
- Divorce act 1971
- Boomerang
- Communal
- Kibbutzim
- Lone parent
- 1/4 of all British families
- -
- Underacieving in school
- More likely to be unemployed
- Befetits
- Delinquent and criminal
- +
- Supported by other family members
- Can support selves- financially etc
- Protect children from unhappy childhood
- Bring up children well -drugs etc other reasons
- Feminist- positive choice but some parents experience problems
- The new right- critical. Boys suffer due to incorrect socialisaion
- Reconsituted families
- Serial monogamy
- Divorce
- About 40% of marriages end in divorce
- Why increased?
- Easier to get divorced
- Change in attitude -led to more secular
- Happiness put first. Changing expectations
- Changing role of women. More freedom
- isolation from a wider supportive family-lack of support
- Lack of children-less to keep them together
- Longer life expectancy
- Rogers and Pryor (1998)
- Short-term distress is common
- Long term issues- poorer health, lack of achievement bad behaviour but not for all kids
- Child's age/gender do not affect the outcome
- Amount of family conflict and quality of contact with parent does affect outcome
- Divorce
- Divorce
- About 40% of marriages end in divorce
- Why increased?
- Easier to get divorced
- Change in attitude -led to more secular
- Happiness put first. Changing expectations
- Changing role of women. More freedom
- isolation from a wider supportive family-lack of support
- Lack of children-less to keep them together
- Longer life expectancy
- Rogers and Pryor (1998)
- Short-term distress is common
- Long term issues- poorer health, lack of achievement bad behaviour but not for all kids
- Child's age/gender do not affect the outcome
- Amount of family conflict and quality of contact with parent does affect outcome
- Cohabitation
- Church weddings are expensive, formal and religious
- Religion less influential
- Feminists- women aware of exploitation
- Preparation for marriage
- Sue sharpe (2001) 11-16 year olds. Marriage not necessity
- Awareness of divorce
- Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi -low cohabitation and high marriage rates
- NEW RIGHT- more risk of splitting up. marriage is more secure. Benefits society
- Church weddings are expensive, formal and religious
- Beanpole
- Brannen (2003)
- Gay & lesbian families- civil partnership act (2004)
- Reasons for change
- Division of labour
- Willmott and Young (1973)
- Nuclear
- Privatised
- Symmetrical conjugal roles
- Ann Oakley (1974)
- Y and W findings were exaggerated
- Women have more household responsibilities
- Middle class- man more involved
- Willmott and Young (1973)
- Criticisms
- Feminist
- Oakley- see division of labour
- Duncombe & Marsden (1995)
- Dual burden and triple shift. Part time trap
- Gershuny (1990's) Lagged adaptation
- Dark Side
- Leach (1967) criticised nuclear family- to small to fulfill needs
- Child abuse
- Domestic abuse
- Lockhurst (2003) Male victims largely hidden
- Donovan (2007) 40% women 35% men in same sex couples experienced domestic abuse
- Feminist
- Socialisation
- Ch-ch-ch changes
- Reasons for change
- Divorce act 1971
- Children being born out of wlock
- Secularisation
- Divorce act 1971
- Boomerang
- Communal
- Kibbutzim
- Lone parent
- 1/4 of all British families
- -
- Underacieving in school
- More likely to be unemployed
- Befetits
- Delinquent and criminal
- +
- Supported by other family members
- Can support selves- financially etc
- Protect children from unhappy childhood
- Bring up children well -drugs etc other reasons
- Feminist- positive choice but some parents experience problems
- The new right- critical. Boys suffer due to incorrect socialisaion
- Reconsituted families
- Serial monogamy
- Cohabitation
- Church weddings are expensive, formal and religious
- Religion less influential
- Feminists- women aware of exploitation
- Preparation for marriage
- Sue sharpe (2001) 11-16 year olds. Marriage not necessity
- Awareness of divorce
- Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi -low cohabitation and high marriage rates
- NEW RIGHT- more risk of splitting up. marriage is more secure. Benefits society
- Church weddings are expensive, formal and religious
- Beanpole
- Brannen (2003)
- Gay & lesbian families- civil partnership act (2004)
- Reasons for change
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