Sociological Theories of the Family

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"We are controlled through repression. We are subject to state control, and family ideologies are socialised to the next generation"
Althusser
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"The family allows sexual expression and economical functions"
Murdock
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"The family acts like a warm bath, and the nuclear family is universal"
Parsons
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"The family acts as a safety valve so there's no opposition to capitalist. It provides the economy with workers. We believe society is fine, but we're subject to ideological control"
Zaretsky
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"Women absorb anger, produce the labour force, and act as a reservist force of labour. The nuclear family supports capitalism entirely"
Marxist Feminism
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"The family educates its young and allows reproduction"
Murdock
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"Women have a different experience of feminism including age, sexuality, family diversity and class. Inequality is being overcome by domestic work being done by both genders"
Difference Feminism
7 of 14
"A family is anything you define it to be, from fictive kin, diblings, relationships with dead relatives and gay/lesbian chosen families. Work hard, play hard"
Personal Life Perspective
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"Feminisation and the service sector employing women has led to a genderquake with women being more career minded. Things like the 2010 Equality Act mean we are not equal but we will be"
Liberal Feminism
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"The aim of the family is to stablise the adult personality and to primary socialise the children"
Parsons
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"We are monitored/controlled by the state. The family is not as private as it seems and feels safe from society behind closed doors. They're the reason society works"
Donzelot
11 of 14
"Separatism, political lesbianism and matrilocal households are the only way that women will escape male exploitation"
Radical Feminism
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"The family meets the emotional and sexual needs of parents, allows production and rearing and home provision for all"
Fletcher
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"Monogamy was invented to control women and establish the line of inheritance. The family is economically determined by society. Private property was invented at the same time as the family"
Engels
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"The family allows sexual expression and economical functions"

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Murdock

Card 3

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"The family acts like a warm bath, and the nuclear family is universal"

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Card 4

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"The family acts as a safety valve so there's no opposition to capitalist. It provides the economy with workers. We believe society is fine, but we're subject to ideological control"

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Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

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"Women absorb anger, produce the labour force, and act as a reservist force of labour. The nuclear family supports capitalism entirely"

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