Functionalist view of the family
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- Functionalist view of the family
- G.P. Murdock
- Nuclear family is a universal concept
- Four main functions benefiting the members of the family
- 1. Reproductive
- 2. Sexual
- 3. Educational
- 4. Economic
- Critisisms
- Nuclear family: ethnocentric and reflects on the time he wrote
- Very outdated
- fails to take account of a number of distinct modern trends
- Politically conservative
- clearly saying that there is a right and wrong way of organizing family life.
- Parsons
- How the social and economic change associated with the industrial revolution shaped family structures and relationships
- Pre- industrial - small farming communities
- economic resources owned by extended families
- extended families necessary for the needs of pre-industrial society
- Two main functions of the family
- Primary socialisation
- The teaching and learning of the attitudes, values, behavioral norms and traditions
- family is a crucial bridge connecting the individual to wider society,
- Stabilization of adult personalities
- Relieve stress of modern day living for its adult members
- "warm bath theory" - Steel and Kidd (01)
- Primary socialisation
- Critisism
- Does not consider the " dark side" of the family
- Child abuse - NSPCC, found 1 in 20 children had been sexually abused in the UK
- paints a picture of children as empty vessels being pumped full with culture by their parents
- Fails to consider the impact of global migration
- leading to family diversity and nuclear family no longer being as dominant
- Does not consider the " dark side" of the family
- How the social and economic change associated with the industrial revolution shaped family structures and relationships
- Nuclear family
- Functioning for the greater good of society
- cornerstone of society
- maintains social order
- Benefits the individuals who comprise it
- G.P. Murdock
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