Men perform instrumental role- breadwinner and economic decision maker, women take on expressive role- housework, emotion work and care for family
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Couples- Young and Willmott
Development of the symmetrical family (man and woman share jobs equally)
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Couples- Bott
2 Types of marriage- segregated conjugal roles and joint conjugal roles
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Couples- Sullivan
Women do more housework than men but things are more equal as men are helping around the home
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Couples-Dobash and Dobash
Found that D.A was a reaction to husbands having their authority challenged- evidence of patriarchy in society. Rad Fems believe that marriage cause violence
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Childhood- Postman
Childhood is disappearing- worry over sexualisation of children
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Childhood- Palmer
Childhood is toxic- concerns over negative influence of tech, abuse, obesity, etc
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Childhood-Aries
In the past children were seen as mini adults however now childhood is a stage separated from adulthood
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Childhood- Jenks
Childhood is a social construct not biologically determined
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Childhood- Gittens
Age patriarchy- children depend on the man of the house who dominates over them
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Childhood- Smart
New sociological approach focuses on the view of the child and their experiences. E.g children's role in divorce
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Theories- Greer
Rad Fem- argues for a matrilocal household- having heterosexual relationship is sleeping with the enemy
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Theories-Ansley
Women are TAKERS OF ****
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Theories-Murdock
4 Functions of family- Stabilisation of sex drive, reproduction, socialisation, economic
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Theories- Parsons
Extended family moved to nuclear family to be a more geographically mobile workforce
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Theories- Zaretsky
Family provides an ideological function- a safe haven outside of exploitation
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Theories- Althusser
Family is part of the ISA
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Theories- Engels
Family reproduces inequality by ensuring property and wealth stays in the hands of the rich through inheritance
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Theories- Smart
Personal life perspective- family is more than blood-ties, includes pets, fictive kin, friends, etc
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Demographics- Brass and Kabir
The trend of smaller families started in urban areas, even though infant mortality wa higher in these areas- contradicts many ideas put forward by sociologists
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Demographics-McKeown
Improved nutrition played a significant part in reduction of the death rate
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Demographics- Tranter
Fall in deaths is due to fall of infectious diseases
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Demographics- Hirsch
The trad. age pyramid is disappearing to more equal size blocks- increasing dependency ratio because of ageing pop
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Family Patterns- Weeks
Chosen families-- in same sec relationships roles are created around kinship and friendships- they stable like trad. families
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Family Patterns- Giddens
Confluent love- people only love someone as long as they can gain from them
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Family Patterns- Beck
Individualisation- people now pursue their self-interest, relationships now are more fragile as people focus on themselves. Negotiated families- we created roles based on our needs
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Diversity- Chester
Despite more diversity people still live in trad. nuclear families/ aspire to that family type
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Diversity- Stacey
Greater family diversity benefits women
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Diversity- Rappaports
5 types of family diversity- organisational, cultural, social class, life stage, generational
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Policy-Murray
Critical of welfare policy- argues it creates a dependency culture and an underclass- encourages Trad. nuclear family
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Policy-Donzelot
Family policies are another way of controlling the family unit- certain classes are targeted (supported by Foucault's surveillance theory)
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
Development of the symmetrical family (man and woman share jobs equally)
Back
Couples- Young and Willmott
Card 3
Front
2 Types of marriage- segregated conjugal roles and joint conjugal roles
Back
Card 4
Front
Women do more housework than men but things are more equal as men are helping around the home
Back
Card 5
Front
Found that D.A was a reaction to husbands having their authority challenged- evidence of patriarchy in society. Rad Fems believe that marriage cause violence
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