Key Basic Info on Families and Households

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  • Families and Households Key Info
    • Feminists
      • Greer
        • Radfem
        • The Oppressive Role of wife
          • Relationships between men and women are inherently oppressive
          • Matriarchal Society necessary
        • Domestic Violence
          • Men use physical power to keep women under control
        • Families need to be abolished as men gain more than they put in
      • Bernard
        • Women are becoming more aware of their oppression - that's why divorce rates are increasing
      • Oakley
        • Dual Burden
          • Men help out as women do the work
        • Men are socialised into sexism, women are socialised into accepting it
        • Men help out as women do the work
      • Ansley
        • Women are the takers of ****
        • Marxist Feminist
    • Marxists
      • Althusser
        • Children socialised into  Capitalism
        • Engage in own exploitation
      • Zaretsky
        • Workers alienated at work but family individualises them
      • Engels
        • Promiscuous horde until men gained means of production, and women traded sexual freedom for economic certainty
    • Functionalists
      • Murdock
        • 4 Functions of a family
          • Sexual
          • Economic
          • Reproductive
          • Education
      • Parsons
        • Functional Fit
        • Instrumental & Expressive
          • Biological Fit
        • 2 Functions of the family
          • Stabilisation of adults
          • Primary Socialisation
    • The New Right
      • Murray
        • The New Rabble (underclass of society) and The New Victorians (middle-class)
        • Underclass teach kids to rely on government handouts
        • Single mothers can't properly raise kids. Government encourages this.
    • Personal Life
      • Nordrist and Smart
        • Examined lesbian families and how they treated their sperm donor
          • Uncle or completely absent
    • Social Policies
      • Divorce Reform Act 1969
      • Abortion Act 1967
      • Marriage Act 2014
      • Equal Pay Act 1970
      • Statutory Maternity Leave

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