conjugal roles: functionalist views
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- Conjugal roles: functionalists
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- no biological reasons for their view. can lead to the disadvantages experienced by women
- Parsons' view is very old fashioned.
- they ignore the way women suffer from sexual division of labour in the family.
- they ignore the conflict in the family.
- 'it is natural for women to be housewives and men to be breadwinners
- both jobs are important and it makes sense that women are housewives as they have nurturing characteristics
- Parsons argues that the women should take on the expressive roles of looking after the house and children, while the man should takr on the instrumental role
- An important part of primary socialisation is 'gender role socialisation as if done correctly it teaches them their roles in society (instrumental/expressive)
- Parsons 'working life in industrial society is stressful and the family is a place where adults can be de-stressed, reducing social conflict. (the warm bath theory)
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