Reasons for Decline of the Nuclear Family
- Created by: flamingingo
- Created on: 03-08-19 16:44
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- Nuclear Family Decline
- Increasing Divorce Rates
- Romanticism of the concept of marriage
- High expectations of marriage not being met could lead to divorce
- It's easier to get divorced nowadays
- Divorce Reform Act 1969
- Made divorce cheaper; it costs £500 if the couples agrees on how to split their assets
- Made divorce much quicker with a two year waiting period.
- Divorce Reform Act 1969
- It's more socially acceptable to get divorced
- Britain is more secular.
- Attitudes to relationships are changing
- The '...until death do us part...' concept is not seen as a necessity any more
- Romanticism of the concept of marriage
- More Female Careers
- Women are prioritising their careers over having a family.
- Women can now be financially dependent on themselves
- This leads to more matriarchal single-parent families.
- This leads to more house husbands and women in the instrumental role.
- Rise in Cohabitation
- It is more socially acceptable to cohabit
- Due to secularisation
- Same sex couples are put in their own category, since a nuclear family usually has a male and female head
- Same sex couples are more socially accepted
- The price of marriage is so high that some couples choose not to bother and alternatively cohabit
- We live in a more secular society
- Marriage is not seen as a necessity
- It is more socially acceptable to cohabit
- Dual Worker Families
- There is no specific breadwinner
- The instrumental and expressive roles are becoming more flexible
- They can be performed by both genders
- Increasing Divorce Rates
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