Theoretical approaches to divorce
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- Created on: 18-03-16 12:22
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- Theoretical approaches to divorce
- The new right
- Divorce = a serious threat to society
- Single parent families cause in appropriate socialisation which can lead to anti social behaviour
- Lack a male role model = lack discipline
- Fatherlessness result in a high risk factor for crime
- Feminists
- Divorce = females escape from prision
- Restricted divorce = forced into unhappy marriages
- Domestic violence
- Liberal divorce laws = greater independence for women
- Functionalists
- Drop in marriage rate = due to higher expectations of marriage
- Divorce = negative. Marriage and the nuclear family help society to run smoothly
- Post - modernists
- High divorce rate is + as it gives individuals the choice to end a relationship when it no longer meets their needs
- Cause of greater diversity = +
- The new right
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