Functionalists in the family
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- Created on: 27-03-15 14:53
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- Functionalists in the family
- Parsons
- Warm Bath Theory
- The Family is a Warm Bath
- Relaxing and destressing
- Moral cleanlisness
- Socialising children into good people
- Rubber duck
- Children can play
- Adults can play/be silly
- Naked
- Taken off sociological roles
- They see the real you
- May only be function for men
- Criticisms
- Functionalists focus on the positives
- give little consideration to its disadvantages
- eg. domestic/child abuse
- give little consideration to its disadvantages
- assume family is equally functional for all
- fail to consider the viability of alternatives for the family
- don't consider the diversity of family types
- eg. what effect does class, sexuality, ethnicity, religion etc have on families
- intpretivists say they focus too much on family's effect in society and less on what it means for individuals
- counter-theories
- Marxism
- Faminism
- Functionalists focus on the positives
- Criticisms
- The Family is a Warm Bath
- Sex Role Theory
- People take on instrumental roles
- Instrumental role
- Man's role
- Discipline-er
- Breadwinner
- Head of household
- Expressive role
- Women's role
- Nurture children
- Domestic
- Instrumental role
- People take on instrumental roles
- Warm Bath Theory
- Young and Wilmott
- March of progress
- The majority family type changes with society as do the functions of that family type
- March of progress
- Murdoch
- "No society has seceded in finding and adequate substitution for the nuclear family"
- The nuclear family structure is most functional for individuals and society
- Goode
- Argues the nuclear family should be seen as an ideal type
- Criticisms
- Functionalists focus on the positives
- give little consideration to its disadvantages
- eg. domestic/child abuse
- give little consideration to its disadvantages
- assume family is equally functional for all
- fail to consider the viability of alternatives for the family
- don't consider the diversity of family types
- eg. what effect does class, sexuality, ethnicity, religion etc have on families
- intpretivists say they focus too much on family's effect in society and less on what it means for individuals
- counter-theories
- Marxism
- Faminism
- Functionalists focus on the positives
- Parsons
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