Family- Functionalism
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- Created on: 09-06-18 20:39
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- Families- functionalism
- Murdock- 4 irreducible functions of the family
- Economic- pools resources together relieving state intervention
- X recognise how family limits members by its inability to do this- restrains social mobility
- Socialisation- passes on the norm and values of society in order to achieve a value consensus which in turn maintains social order.
- values passed on maintain class and gender inequality
- sexual- teaches what is appropriate and when
- Ignores the dark side of family life- 1/4 women are domestically abused
- Reproduction- creates the next generation of labour
- Functionalist theories assume the perfect family is nuclear and ignores its patriarchal nature
- Economic- pools resources together relieving state intervention
- parsons- 2 irreducible functions of the family
- Socialisation- passing on the norms and values of society which contributes to a value consensus which therefore forms a collective conscience which maintains social order.
- Stabilisation of adult personalities- encourages parents to contribute to society and to be responsible, provides an arena in which sexual behaviour can be explored safely without compromising the health or order in society.
- Could use the example of the warm bath theory which suggests that the family acts as a safety valve where workers can relieve the tensions of a day at work
- Zaretsky argues that this is to make them forget about their exploitation and discourage them from rebelling- they have a family relying on them
- Both of these theories suggests the breadwinner is male
- Argue functionalist theories are sexist as they fail to recognise that gender roles are a societal construction and that men and women are not biological tuned to instrumental or expressive roles.
- Could use the example of the warm bath theory which suggests that the family acts as a safety valve where workers can relieve the tensions of a day at work
- Parsons- functional fit theory the nuclear family enabled industrialisation, families had to leave behind their extended family to meet the needs of the economy which required a mobile workforce.
- Laslett and Anderson used censuses to research how extended families are more popular post- industrialisation
- Wilmott and young-using questionnaires they assessed that there is no longer an unequal division of labour- in the new symmetrical family parents share tasks
- Oakley the radical feminists said that this method is flawed as what people consider domestic tasks may vary.
- Murdock- 4 irreducible functions of the family
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