Is the family universal?? :D
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- Created on: 25-03-13 20:33
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- Is the family universal??
- What did Murdock say?
- Murdock said that the nuclear family is universal, and that they all share 4 functions!
- SEXUAL: A healthy sex life, stabilizes the family. It prevents affairs, and keeps the family together.
- ECONOMIC: Financial support to the family.
- EDUCATION: . Primary socialisation!
- REPRODUCTION: Production of the new generation.
- Murdock said that the nuclear family is universal, and that they all share 4 functions!
- YES
- Murdock studied 250 different societies, therefore, his research is true.
- BUT... His research may be biased, and it is impossible to study every single household in 250 societies.
- BUT.. It can be argued that Matrifocal families are only the minority, therefore, the nuclear family still dominates and is still the norm.
- Murdock studied 250 different societies, therefore, his research is true.
- NO
- Banaro of New Guinea: Husbands could not have sex with their wives until she gave birth to her first child; fathered by friend of her fathers.
- MATRIFOCAL FAMILIES are common in Afro-Carribean cultures!
- Gay families obviously do not have a man and a woman caring for their dependent child.
- What did Murdock say?
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