Theories of the family - Postmodernist Theory

Postmodernists refer to the changing nature of society, they believe that nothing is a certain as it once was. Structures like family and social class are breaking down and often being replaced.

Number of changing relationships too, such as gay/lesbian relationships, cohabiting heterosexual couples and multiple partner relationships. The idea of the traditional nuclear family is gone.

Postmodernists also believe that we are not influenced by class/gender etc. as much as in the pas- people have more freedom in relationships.

Society can no longer be explained by grand metanarratives. Marxist, functionalist and feminism are all redundant in the eyes of postmodernists.

The personal life perspective believes that instead of looking…