Functionalist views of the nuclear family
- Created by: jesskeayy
- Created on: 22-04-17 20:54
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- Functionalist theories of the nuclear family
- Nuclear family funtions
- MURDOCK
- Reproduction
- Stable satisfaction of sex drives
- Socialisation of the children
- Nuclear family is NOT under threat
- Growth of remarriage
- Families are natural, biologically occuring
- Traditional nuclear family still exists, though it lives alongside diverse family forms
- Family diversity is exaggerated
- CHESTER- NEO CONVENTIONAL FAMILIES
- Gay people seek to form family units, showing the family norm is strong still
- Family diversity is exaggerated
- Found universally
- Meets the needs of society
- PARSONS- FUNCTIONAL FIT
- PARSONS- CONJUGAL ROLES
- Decline in nuclear families may lead to societal problems
- Some alternatives, like NEO CONVENTIONAL can work
- Meets the needs of society
- Evaluation
- Too harmonious
- MARXIST
- Ignores dysfunctions like exploitation and conflict
- Ignores disadvantages of capitalism
- MARXIST
- Ignores the exploitation of patriarchy
- FEMINIST
- POSTMODERN
- Nuclear family isn't found universally
- Family is a social construction, not a natural trait
- Too harmonious
- Nuclear family funtions
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