Young and Wilmott(Y+W)
- back up parsons idea - family unit was changed cause of industrialisation.
family has chaanged in four stages
- Pre-industrial family - unit of production , make woollen goods and sell it on.
- the early industrial family - IR removed economic function. Jobs that family provided for its members with have been replaced by factories, men forced to work out side home women forced to be housewives.torn apart from IR extended families(EF) were dominant amongst the working class as they need relatives to help with functions.
- The symmetrical family - created by middle class , proleteeriat adopted it.Stratified Difussion - middle classs have certain ideas then through social norms and values pass it down to the working class)
- Assymetrical family - men become more powerful and earn more money women play more of the expressive role.
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