The family, social structure and social change

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  • The family, social structure and social change
    • Functionalist theory of the family
      • G.P. Murdock
        • The nuclear family is universal, it exists in every known society and therefore, must be a social institution which functioned for the good of society
      • Functionalism and social change
        • Parsons
          • The extended family was effective for the needs of pre-industrial society but was no longer practical in terms of what was required by the industrial revolution
    • Marxist theory of the family
      • Friedrich Engels
        • The monogamous nuclear family only became popular after the industrial revolution because the ruling class encouraged it in order to protect the property and wealth they had accumulated
      • Eli Zaretsky
        • The modern nuclear family mainly benefits capitalism and the ruling class at the expense of others in society
    • Feminist theories of the family
      • Marxist feminism
        • Margaret Benston
          • The nuclear family, and especially women's nurturing role within it, is important to capitalism because it produces and rears the future workforce at little cost to the capitalist state
        • Ansley
          • Capitalism has stripped male workers of dignity, power and control at work
      • Radical feminism
        • Millet and Firestone
          • Men and women constitute spate and often conflicting 'sex classes' and it is the interaction between these classes, especially in marriage and the family, that is responsible for gender inequality
        • Delphy and Leonard
          • Husband exploit their wives despite genuinely loving them
      • Liberal feminism
        • Oakley
          • Gender inequality in the family is simply a product of discrimination by individuals and those who run institutions and this discrimination is largely based on ignorance, prejudice and a mistaken view of the biogenetic differences between males and females

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