New Right Theories
Conservative party-traditional-Don’t like change.
· They condemn homosexuals
· Support nuclear family
· Support Murdock and parsons.
· Spend little money on families to keep rich rich and poor poor.
· The husband is the breadwinner the wife is the home keeper.
The family unit has changed radically.
· We moved from farming-agriculture to mass consumption of industry.
Male and female = two different role models.
SUPPORT MURDOCK on “family ideology”
· Encourage people to get married
· Make it hard for divorce
· Lower tax for married couples
· Cut welfare benefits for single parents.
· The conservatives would expect parents to provide.
Fact: over 80% or single parents are women in Britain.
Anti:
· Lone parent families
· Fatherless families
· Divorce rates
· Cohabitation- living together outside of marriage.
· Homosexual-Gay and lesbian couples.
-they claim these are leading to the end of the nuclear family.
v The diversity of the family is causing the break down in traditional values.
Fact : 2009- lowest marriage rate
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