Sociology Aqa Gce unit 1 childhood, marriage and divorce


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Trend in divorce since 1960's
Increase of course!
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Changes in law for divorce 1923
equalised gender ground for divorce
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in 1969?
divorce became cheaper and more accessible
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legal seperation
financial seperation
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"empty shell"
same roof but only married by name
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Reasons for trends
declining stigma, scularisation, rising expectations of love, women less dependent on men
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Marriage current trend?
Decreasing and people marry later
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reasons
less pressure to marry(stigma),secularisation,women now get jobs, have careers and have higher prospects
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cohabitation trends
increasing. 1/4 of unmarried adults cohabit. doubled since 1986
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62% of people believe what is acceptable before marriage?
sex. younger people more than old.
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Child bearing trends
4/10 kids born out of marriage.
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reasons for lone parents
increase in divorce, decline in stigma, secularisation
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Murray believes..
welfare state provides for them
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90% of lone parents are
women
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24% of families are..
lone parent families
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reconstituted families make up what percentage of all families?
10%
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Black family trends
Higher proportion of single parent families
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Asian family trends
Larger, often 3 generations because in early migration can offer support/
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western view on childhood
children are protected and dependent on parents.
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Pilcher believes
believes the important feature of childhood is seprateness
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Wagg says
childhood is socially constructed, not all societies separate children and adults
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Benedict says?
children in developing countries are treated differently
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Bolivia`- study by punch
they take responsibility at an earlier age, work and help community with no question or hesitation
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Holmes also found
"being too young" was never an excuse
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Firth found- in Tikopia
Children were not expected to follow adults rule
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Aries says
childhood didn't exist in the middle ages, now they are more valued and better cared for
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shorter agrees and says
Ill health and high death rate of kids encouraged neglect
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Pollock says
Aries is wrong. There was childhood, just a different notion.
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Reasons for change in position of children
Laws restricting child labour. The intro of compulsory schooling in 1880. Growth of idea of childs rights. decline in infant mortality. children health centres. laws eg. 18 to drink. need for educated workforce.
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most sociologists agree that..
industrialisation was the main cause for change
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mop (march of progress) view Aries and shorter believe
position of children is steadily improving, better valued, cared for, protected and educated, better health and better education. no longer "seen, not heard"
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inequalities between children and adults
adults abuse power as a form of oppression and control making children powerless. children have to be driven to school. chidren depend on adults economically.
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rule by adults
age patriarchy
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Gittins
Adults control a child's daily routine what they wear, how they sit and walk, restrict what they can and can't do and control their spared time and control there space and bodies eg. no piercings
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negatives of childhood
neglection, sexual abuse, physical injuries, childline receive 20k calls a year, can experience divorce
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Postman says
Childhood is disappearing, we are becoming similar by having similar rights, less childs games, similarities in clothing, sex and alcohol usage
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opie is against postman. he says..
studies show children are seperate they have their own independent culture, games, rhymes and songs
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palmer believes
childhood is toxic because of games, junk food, overworking parents neglect kids. negative trends now of obesity, self harm, drug and acohol abuse, violence, sex and pregnancy
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Buckingham
says postman is overstating his case
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womack
hard to predict future as it is socially constructed
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Changes in law for divorce 1923

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equalised gender ground for divorce

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in 1969?

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legal seperation

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"empty shell"

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