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12 Cards in this Set
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Murdock (1949)
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Functionalists. Found the 4 functions of the family; (1) stable satisfaction on the sex drive, (2) reproduction of the next generation, (3) socialisation of the young, (4) meeting its members' economic needs.
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Feminists and Marxists
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Criticise Murdocks theory; they say that men benefit more from the family and that the family serves capitalism.
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Parsons (1955)
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Identified 2 types of societies; the pre-industrial extended family which is multi functional and it is a unit of production, status is ascribed, little geographical and social mobility. The modern industrial nuclear family which only has 2 main functions; primary socialisation of children and stabilisation of adult personalities, the status is achieved and there is social and geographical mobility, the family is a unit of consumption.
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Engels (1891)
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Found that the monogamous nuclear family developed as a result of inheritance of private property.
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Ideological Function
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The family today performs this function by representing capitalism as fair.
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Zaretsky (1976)
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Says that family offers a 'haven' from exploitative capitalist world outside, but it is only an illusion, e.g. Women are exploited by men.
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A Unit Of Consumption
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The family plays a major role in generating profit in a capitalist economy.
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Criticisms
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They ignore family diversity and the feminists say that the underestimate gender inequalities.
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Liberal Feminism
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Gradual change for the better.
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Marxist Feminism
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Women reproduce labour force and absorb angers, they are also a reserve army of labour.
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Radical Feminism
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Men are the enemy, and the family is based on patriarchy.
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Difference Feminism
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Argue that we can't generalise about women, e.g.; white or black, middle class and working class, lesbian and heterosexual women, because they all have different experiences.
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