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Theory, Functionalism What does Talcott Parsons believe about the family? |
Socialisation- that is the teaching of norms and values from parents to children Stabilisation f adult personalities- adults being allowed to be more child like and children understanding the rules of society |
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Theory, Functionalism What does George Peter Murdock believe about the family? |
Sex- There needs to be a satisfaction of sex drive to prevent a sexual "free-for-all" causing a social disruption Reproduction- To continue the next generation of society Socialisation- Teaching the young societies norms and values Economic- Meeting the needs of society, i.e. food and shelter
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Theory, Marxism What does Eli Zaretsky believe about the family? |
He believes that women are " takers of s***". The family provides a shelter from the harsh and exploitative world of capitalism, although this is an illusion as the family can not meet the needs of its members as it structured of women serving it |
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Theory, Marxism What does Karl Marx believe about the family? |
Property- Helps maintain the difference between the classes through inheritance, the upper classes are able to pass their wealth down, so it never has to leave that family Ideology- The family enforce a set of ideas or beliefs that justify the equality and maintain the capitalist system |
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Theory, Feminism What do liberal feminists believe about the family? |
Full gender equality has not yet been achieved in the family, there is a gradual progress being made. Parents are now socialising there children with the idea that the genders are equal and men are taking more of a domestic role in the family.
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Theory, Feminism What do marxist feminists believe about the family? |
Main cause of oppression is capitalism and not men. Women preform 3 tasks for society: 1) Produce the next generation of workers by socialising them 2) Absorb anger "takers of s***" , men are exploited in capitalist labour and then take their anger about that out on women 3) reserve army of cheap labour used when needed, dismissed when not |
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Theory, Feminism What do radical feminists believe about the family? |
Society has been founded on patriarchy. Men are the source of all of women's exploitation and oppression. Family and marriage and the key institutions in this patriarchal society, men benefit from women's unpaid domestic work. They are able to dominate women through domestic and sexual abuse or the threat of it. |
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Theory, Feminism What do difference feminists believe about the family? |
Can not generalise women's experiences as everyone leads different lives, such as lesbian and heterosexual women, black and white, middle class and working class women etc. |
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Theory, New right What does Charles Murray believe about the family? |
Believes the increase in lone-parent families is due to over generous welfare state which has created a dependency culture, people feel that they don't need to be responsible as the government with take care of them. Murray thinks that the solution to go abolish welfare benefits. |
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Theory, New right What does Ronald Fletcher believe about the family? |
Blames the welfare state supporting families on the introduction of health, education and housing policies in the years since the industrial revolution |
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Theory, Postmodernism What does Judith Stacey believe about the family? |
Greater choice has allowed women to free themselves from patriarchal oppression, and shape family arrangements around their needs. |
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Theory, Postmodernism What does Ulrich Beck believe about the family? |
We now live in a risk society, where tradition is less important and people now have greater choice, and so we are more aware of risks as making choices involves calculation the risks and rewards of the decision. |
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Theory, Postmodernism What does Anthony Giddens believe about the family? |
We now have more choice and a more equal relationship between men and women because: Contraception- allowed sex and intimacy rather than reproduction, to be the main reason for a relationship's existence Women's gained independence- due to mire opportunities in education and work These changes have lead to a pure relationship which only exists to meet the partners needs |
