Perspectives on Families and Social Policy

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  • Created on: 06-05-13 10:27

1. Functionalist view on society:

  • Society is build on harmony and consensus (shared beliefs)
  • Society is built on matriarchy and not patriarchy
  • Society is built on lies and deception from the state
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2. What happened after the war that made women stop working and therefore become dependent on their husbands?

  • Nurseries closed
  • It became socially unacceptable for women to work
  • Women's pay got reduced by 75%

3. Even when social policy backs up women- they still reinforce patriarchy (e.g, patriarchy)

  • Edmund Leach
  • Diana Leonard
  • Hilary Land

4. 'Cereal packet norm' - nuclear family is the kind you'd get on a cereal packet

  • Edmund Leach
  • Diana Leonard
  • Hilary Land

5. If the state provides benefits to married couples which are unavailable to cohabiting couples,

  • all married people will be rich
  • it becomes difficult to live in other family types
  • it will push people to rebel and there will be a decrease in the number of marriages
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