Sociology - Nuclear Family
- Created by: elektra
- Created on: 12-05-14 13:28
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- Nuclear Family
- Traditional gender roles
- Parsons
- Women = expressive, housework childcare and emotion support. Men = instrumental, bread winner etc
- Leach
- 'Cereal packet' image of the family - ideological + universal, used in advertising
- Liberal Feminists
- socially constructed, ideology puts pressure on women to restrict careers choices + men enjoy kids less
- Parsons
- Functions
- Murdock
- Heterosexual married couple living together with children - most useful and stable for smooth running of society
- Parsons
- Sociialisation of children and stabilisation of adult personalities
- New Right
- Natural/most stable for society. 'GOLDEN AGE'
- Morgan
- Marriage regulates behaviour because of responsibilities
- Murdock
- Traditional gender roles
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