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12 Cards in this Set
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George Murdock (1949)
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He argues that the family performs hour essential functions to meet the needs of society and it's members:
- Stable satisfaction of the sex drive - Reproduction of the next generation - Socialisation of the young - Meeting it's member' economic needs |
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Talcott Parsons (1955)
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Parsons distinguishes between two kinds of family structure;
- The nuclear family - The extended family Geographically mobile workforce moving around to find new jobs Socially mobile workforce: an individuals status is achieve by their own effort and ability |
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Pahl and Volger (1993)
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They identified two main types of control over family income
- Pooling: where both partners have access to income and joint responsibility for expenditure. eg: joint bank account - Allowance system: where men give their wives an allowance out of which they budget to meet the family's needs, anything that's left over is the man's to keep |
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Samantha Punch (2001)
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Found that in rural areas, once children are five years old they are expected to take on work responsibilities
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Ruth Benedict (1934)
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Argues that children in simpler, non-industrial societies are generally treated differently from their modern western counterparts
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Lowell Holmes (1974)
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A study of a Samoan village found that 'too young' was never given as a reason for not permitting a child to do a task
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Raymond Firth (1970)
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Found that among the Tikopia of the western Pacific, doing as you're told by a grown up is regarded as a concession to be granted by the child
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Elizabeth Bott (1957)
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She distinguishes between two types of conjugal roles, they are:
- Segregated conjugal roles: where the couple have separate roles, a male breadwinner and female homemaker. - Joint conjugal roles: where the couple share tasks such as homework and childcare |
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Young and Willmott (1973)
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Take a 'mark of progress' view of the history of the family. They see family life as gradually improving for all its members, becoming more equal.
Symmetrical family means the roles of husbands and wives are now a lot more similar. Women go to work, men help out with housework and couples spend their leisure time together |
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Dobash & Dobash
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Radical feminist
Triggers to domestic violence: - Money - Jealousy - Children - Drunkenness - Arguments over food |
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Richard Wikinson (1996)
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He sees domestic violence as the result of stress on the family members caused by social inequality.
- Worries about money, jobs and housing may all spill over into domestic conflict as tempers come frayed - Lack of money and time, restricts people's social circle and reduces social support for those under stress. |
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Mirrlees-Black (1999)
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Found that most victims of domestic violence are women and 99% of all incidents against women are committed by men.
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