AQA Sociology AS: Families & Social Policy- Abolishing the family

After the  the Russian Revolution in 1917, the government  attempted to shape family life through social policies

> The government of the newly formed soviet union tried to destroy the old pre-revolutionary patriachal family --->because it was an obstacle to the creation a socialist society

The government in the 1920's changed the laws making divorce and abortion easy, equality between the sexes and  women entered paid employment     

- In order to keep with the Marxist perspective, it was expeced that the abolition of capitalist ownership of the means of production should lead to the trational nucelar family gradually disappearing

However, the soviet state was faced with difficulties such as the civil war and famine so they had to industrialise and change policy

> Divorce laws were tightened

>Abortion made illegal

> Parents rewarded for having children with allowances

> The media glorified parenthood