family defining

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Created on: 15-06-17 14:30

how did Murdock define the family?

a social group characterised by common residence, economic cooperation and reproduction. it includes adults of both sexes at least 2 of whom maintain a socially approved sexual relationship and there children own or adopted of cohabitation adults

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murdock studied 25 societies he found?

his definition was present in all societies he therefore saw it as a universal institution which was necessary for the smooth functioning of society.

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matrifocal families?

research in the caribbean parts of the use found many households do not contain an adult male. these female headed or matrifocal families appear to be an exception to burdocks belief that the nuclear family is universal

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gay and lesbian families?

these do not conform to murdocks definition because they do not contain both genders and this relationship in some societies may not be approved. they may however include children either adopted or from a previous relationship

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civil partnership?

in 2005 it was legalised for gay and lesbian couples to get a civil partnership, implying they were socially accepted. in 2014 laws allowing sam sex marriage came into place.

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diana gittins?

concludes that there is no single family type that is found in all societies.

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new right views of family?

thinkers tend to support narrow difitions which see nuclear families based around married couples as the only true family types. many supporters of this viewpoint see the family as an institution under threat

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his definition was present in all societies he therefore saw it as a universal institution which was necessary for the smooth functioning of society.

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matrifocal families?

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gay and lesbian families?

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