Key family studies

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Talcott Parsons
(funct) Two functs of fam 1) Primary socialisation 2) Stabilisation of adult personality (warm bath)
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Eli Zaretsky
(marxist) Fam serves capitalism through: 1) Unpaid female labour 2) reproduction of labour force 3) inheritance passing on wealth 4) unit of consumption (e.g pester power)
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Delphy and Leonard
(rad fem) Actually men exploit women not capitalism 1) fam is hierarchical (man at top) 2) men make most important decisions 3) dual burdern women have to work outside and do most of housework 4) patriarchal fam represents patriarchal society
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Ann Oakley
(fem) Interviewed 40 women about housework. She believed women take on dual burden (her research showed that 70% of women were dissatisfied they liked being their own boss disliking housework the most, Worked an average of 77 hours
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Rapoport and Rapoport
(na) among first sociologists to identify fam diversity (5 types): 1)
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Willmott and young
(funct) survey/ face to face interviews found the family was becoming more symmetrical - similar but not identical roles
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(marxist) Fam serves capitalism through: 1) Unpaid female labour 2) reproduction of labour force 3) inheritance passing on wealth 4) unit of consumption (e.g pester power)

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Eli Zaretsky

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(rad fem) Actually men exploit women not capitalism 1) fam is hierarchical (man at top) 2) men make most important decisions 3) dual burdern women have to work outside and do most of housework 4) patriarchal fam represents patriarchal society

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(fem) Interviewed 40 women about housework. She believed women take on dual burden (her research showed that 70% of women were dissatisfied they liked being their own boss disliking housework the most, Worked an average of 77 hours

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(na) among first sociologists to identify fam diversity (5 types): 1)

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