theories of the family

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McNeill et al 2003
individual is moulded by their culture rather than their biology. People very rarely grow up without being part of some kind of family. Family is a universal cultural concept.
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Turnbull
IK tribe. Did not see family in a way that we would in the UK. Children are left to fend for themselves and would have to earn the right to be respected.
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George Peter Murdock 1949
250 societies. Variety of different cultures. NF was dominant family structure. Deemedd as universal.
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familism
Family unit is more important than the individual member. One type of family is ideal or seen a ssuperior than others. Promoted through society.
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cereal packet norm
Happy family seen as a selling point. Made the NF desirable.
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Talcott Parsons
Isolated NF- Primary socialisation of children, Stabilisation of adult personalities.
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Ronald Fletcher
NF is more important than ever. Disagrees wiith structural differentation. NF is most significant family. Most people desire to be in a NF.
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Robert Chester
NF is still most dominant. Most people will live in a NF at some point in thiet life. Expressive leader now works. neo-conventional family.
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Willmott and Young's evalutation of functionalism
extended family remains dominant and has evolved into the symmetrical NF.
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Engles
concept of family has not always existed. primative communism= no private property, no social institutions, main aim is survival, no families, promiscuous hordes. NF is based on monogamy. social closure= inheritance and importance of capitalism.
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Zaretsky
socialisation of children into the false class conciousness, psychological outlet, economic function.
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Bourdieu
family is the main institution for reproducing social class differences. WC lack capital.
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marxists evaluation of functionalism
value consensus teaches us the norms and values that serve the interests of the ruling class and helps to maintain, reproduce and justify their power in society.
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Radical femenists evaluation of functionalism
value conesnsus promotes patriarchal values that allow men to maintain their superiority over women in society.
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Radical femenists evaluation of marxism
most problems women face in the family are a direct reult og
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Radical femenists evaluation of marxism
most problems women face in the family are a direct result of patriarchy rather than capitalism.
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functionalists evaluatin of marxism
family is essential socail institution and is very beneficial and indespensable for socity.
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Jack Straw
most functional family had two natural loving parents.
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New Right - Moral decline
things that lead to moral decline include :famenism, sexxual freedom, children have no discapline, divorce and family diversitty, single parents,cohabitation.
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Phillips 1997
children have been given too many rights, flight from parenting.
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Murray 1994
rise in single parents directly correlates to a rise inn crime in the UK. SP families are running wild and are likely to be juvenile delinquents.
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Morgan
on cohabitation- casual arrangement is immoral and is threatening the sanctity of marriage.
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Murray on the underclass
made up on the unemployed with no desire to work and lived off benefits and steal from the state. - ' idle, thieving basta.rds.
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Ford and Miller's evaluation of the New Right
NR see SP as a second rate famil ytype that reflects the se;fish interests of parents without consideration of their childrens wishes. Many SP suffer poverty to protect their childnre. Some dont choose their situation.
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liberal feminism
2 barriers to equality= 1) gender role socialisation, 2) social policy.
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sue sharpe
female aspirations on careers changed over 20 years. 1970= housewifes. 1990= financial inependance
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francis and skelton
in the past women saw their jobs as a stop gap before marriage and motherhood. now theey base their jobs on identity so it means more to them.
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Benston
without women capitalism would fall. women play two roles that benefit the bourgeoisie= 1) women raise the nex gen of workers, 2) women are the reserve army of workers.
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Fran Ansley
women are the safety vaalves of society ' takers of shi.t'
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Barrett
ideology of familism makes female exploitation seem acceptable and fair and acts as a false conciousness .
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Walby's evaluation of marxist feminists
women staying at home could harm capitalism. could increase competition, could become consumers of capitalism.
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Rich
men push women into 'compulsory hetrosexualisty'. this can be seen in *********** where women are seen as sexual objects.
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Stanko
snapshot study in a police station. one women per minute on average repoprted cases of domestic violence either as a victim or fear of being abused. men are sexual terrorists.
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Greer
The only way forward for women is seperatism. women should live in matrilocal households. calls for politcal lesbianism. sex with a man is sleeping with the enemy.
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Firestone
Patriarchy is biological through women giving birth. Invest in technology to stop women giving birth and grow children in labs so theres no need for men.
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Purdy
women should go on a baby strik to force the state to meet their demands.
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Luckhursts evaluation of radical feminists
double sstandard of domestic violence. men are afraid to report as it may not be taken seriously.
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Lyotard
modernist theories are meta-narratives. no longer relevent today.
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Baudrillard
consumption acts as a divide between people. connections are more important between people with the same consumer lifestyles than biological connections.
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Foucault
panopticon.
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Donzelot
families are under threat of surveillance. caring professions have a duty to spot signs of neglect.
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Giddens
pure relationships- couples stay together based on love rather than tradition.
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Beck
people are free to make their own life choices. we live in a risk society.
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Beck and Beck-Gernsheim
patriarchal family has been replaced by the negotiated family.
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Carsten
relatedness- genetic connections are not necessarily the strongest bonds.
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Nordqvist and Smart
Donor concieved children- no biological connection between them nut the bond could be as strong as a traditional family.
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Misztal
memories from our childhood can shape our identities throughout our life.
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