Family Theorists

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Parsons
Primary socialisation and the stabilisation of adult personalities.
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Murdock
4 functions: sexual, reproductive, economic, and educational.
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Zaretsky (Marxist)
The family is the one place in society where the proleteriat can have power and control.
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Engels (Marxist)
Family had an economic function or keeping wealth within the bourgeoisie by passing it on to the next generation.
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What is the feminist perspective of the family?
It helps to maintain patriarchy. The family supports and reproduces inequalities between men and women
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Criticism of the Marxist view?
Entirely focused on benefits to the economy. Ignores other benefits to individuals or society
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Key points of Radical feminism?
See the exploitation of women as being down to the domination of men in society. Men will always oppress women. Women do most of the work and men get most of the benefit.
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Key points of Marxist feminism?
See the exploitation of women as essential to the success of capitalism.
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Criticisms of feminism?
Portrays women as too passive. Doesn't acknowledge that power might be shared within a family
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Key points of Liberal feminism?
The family is only sexist because it supports mainstream culture which is sexist. Believe that social change is possible
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Murray
The welfare benefits are too high and create a 'culture of dependency', where an individual finds it acceptable to take benefits rather than work
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What do the New Right believe about the traditional nuclear family and its values?
They are best for society. Think that social policies on family, children and divorce have undermined the family
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Stacey (Postmodernist)
Greater choice and freedom has benefitted women as they can shape the family to their needs.
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What do the New Right believe has led to a breakdown in traditional values?
The increase in LP and reconstituted families and easier access to divorce.
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Why does Parsons think the dominant family stucture has changed?
More useful for industrial society
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Postmodernist view on diversity and flexibility?
Positive. Means that individuals can always choose from several options depending on personal needs
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What do functionalists say about how industrialiastion has changed roles and status in the family?
PI society: status was ascribed. The nuclear family is best for allowing social mobility.
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2 positives of the industrial nuclear family?
It can focus on primary socialisation. It is geographically mobile
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Aries
Childhood is a social construction.
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Durkheim
Norms and values, socialisation.
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Duncombe and Marsden
Dual burden -> triple shift
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Ansley
Stabilisation of adult personalities and emotional safety valve
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Wilmott and Young
Conjugal roles and symmetrical family.
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Parsons
Stabilisation of adult personalities and socialisation
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Althusser
ISA and RSA.
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Greer
Separation of the sexes and matrifocal family.
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Fletcher
Intro of health, education and housing policies => family performs its function effectively.
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Bott
Difference between segregated and conjugal roles
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Hardill
Important decisions taken by the male alone.
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Gershuny
Commercialisation of how women work as 2 major economic developments in reducing women's hw burden.
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Dunne
Found symmetry in relationships of lesbian cohabitating couples.
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Hochschild
Women more likely than men to do jobs that involve emotional labour
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Yearnshire
On average a woman suffers 35 assaults before making a complaint
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Pahl and Vogler
2 main types of control over family income - pooling and allowance system
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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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Pilcher
Most important feature of the modern idea of childhood is the idea of separateness.
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Rapoport
We have moved away from the traditional family type of diversity.
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Cheal
We live in a volatile, post-modern society in which family structures are fragmented & diverse, so we cannot generalise about families
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Beck-Gernsheim
Patriarchal family has been undermined by greater gender equality. Negotiated family
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Donzelot
Sees policy as a form of state control over the family. Children need to be protected
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Hirsch
We need to reverse the current trent towards early retirement
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Townsend
Old age has been socially constructed as a period of dependancy
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Opie
Theres continued evidence of the continued existsnece of a seperate children's culture
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Postman
Childhood is disapperaing
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Palmer
Rapid technological changes have damaged children's physical, emotional and intellectual development
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Laslett
Industrialisation did not create the family as it did before
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Marx
Women prostitute themselves for financial security and heir creation
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Edgell
Women had sole responsibility for decisions only in relatively unimportant areas
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Stacey
Women now have greater choice. Emnabled women to free themselves from patriarchal oppression
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Oakley (Industrialisation)
The role of the household was socially constructed by the social changes of the IR
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Oakley (1974)
Oakley found that only 15% of husbands had a high participation in housework, meaning roles are nowhere near equal in families
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Oakley (1985)
Manipulation (boys/girls handled differently),Canalisation (boys/girls use different toys/games), Verbal Appelations (boys/girls praised/punished for different things),and Differential Activity Exposure (girls imitate mothers, boys imitate fathers)
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Family had an economic function or keeping wealth within the bourgeoisie by passing it on to the next generation.

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