Sociology-Family

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George Murdock's Definition Of Family
‘A group of people who live in the same house. It includes adults of both sexes, at least two of whom have to have a socially approved sexual relationship, and one or more children, own or adopted. HE IS A FUNCTIONALIST
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Household
A group who live together- may or may not be related.
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Nuclear Family
Family where 3 or more generations live together.
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Extended Family
Family where 3 or more generations live together.
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Kin
Wider collection of related people beyond the immediate family.
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Marriage
Religious or cultural ceremony which marks a couple as married.
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Monogomy
Marriage or one man and one woman.
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Polygamy
General term to describe when one partner has more than one partner.
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Polygany
The marriage of one man to a number of wives.
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Polyandry
The marriage of one woman to a number of husbands.
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Four Family Functions
Stable satisfaction of the sex drive, Reproduction of the next generation, Socialisation of the young, Meeting it's members economic needs.
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Stable Satisfaction Of The Sex Drive
This is whith the same partner to prevent a social disruption caused by a sexual 'free for all'
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Reproduction Of The Next Generation
Without this society could not continue
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Socialisation Of The Young
Into society's shared norms and values.
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Meeting It's Members' Economic Needs
Such as food and shelter.
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What Do Marxists Believe In?
Capitalism- everyone should own the means of production.
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What 3 Functions Do The Family Do According To The Marxists
Inheritance Of Property, Ideological Functions, Unit Of Consumption.
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Inheritance Of Property
It determines and shapes society. They kept the women close by to create monogamous families. The promiscuous horde was a ‘sexual free for all’ meaning that there were no restrictions on sexual relationships. This all made a ‘split’ in society
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Ideological Functions
The ideas of the world are stamped onto the children at a young age and it socialises children. A hierarchy also socialises children that inequality is inevitable.
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Eli Zaretsky
Family performs an ideological function by offering an apparent haven. He says that they ignore that women have problems too. This shows it’s based on domestic certitude of women.
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Unit Of Consumption
Capitalists exploit their workers by making a profit they sell the products with a large price and pay the workers less. . Families generate money for the capitalists this helps the capitalists keep the profit up.
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Unit Of Consumption Pt 2.
Marxism sees the family performing functions to maintain capitalism. Advertisers urge the family to keep up with the latest gadgets (pester power) children get bullied if they don’t have these latest products.
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Critisisms Of The Marxist View Of The Family- FEMINISM.
Feminism- They sees that gender is the most important division. Family serves the interest of men not capitalism. Society doesn’t allow women to become equal because even in school life they are put into particular subjects as males and females.
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Critisisms Of The Marxist View Of The Family- FUNCTIONALISTS
Argue that Marxists ignore the real benefits that the family provides.
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Critisisms Of The Marxist View Of The Family- MARXISTS
Marxists¬- Tend to assume that the nuclear family is dominant in capitalist society. They ignore the wide variety of family structure found in today’s society.
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