funcationalist view of family
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- functionalists and family
- murdock
- 1949
- study called social structure
- studied over 250 societies
- the family is universal
- nuclear family was present in every sample
- performs four functions
- sexual
- helps to stabilise the social system
- reproductive
- without reproduction society will cease to exist
- economic
- unit of production, sharing tasks and resources
- socialisation
- responsible for primary socialisation, without it there would be no culture.
- without a shared culture, there would be no consensus about society's norms and values.
- responsible for primary socialisation, without it there would be no culture.
- sexual
- Parsons
- 1955
- functions have become more specialised
- 2 basic and irreducible
- primary socialisation
- the process of learning our culture (norms and values)
- stabilisation of adult personalities
- allowing for emotional security
- primary socialisation
- nuclear family with segregated conjugal roles is most important
- women have expressive role (nurturing, caring)
- men have instrumental role (provider, breadwinner)
- family has become structurally isolated nuclear family
- allows it to be geographically and socially mobile
- murdock
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