Though, most feminists are in favor of cohabiting couples being given similar rights to a married couple. Liberal feminists see it as another closer chance towards equality, moving away from a feministic gender rule, as it changes many of the roles forced upon women by marriage, whilst affording them the same benefits so that they are not forced to marry out of need. Radical feminists, especially those supporting independence or the creation of matrilocal households, are in favor of this as it makes it far easier for women living independently of men to still be able to raise children. on the other hand, some of New Labor’s other policies are more closely to connected to ones supported by the new right, as they have reduced the amount of benefits available to single parent families, in comparison with the New Right theory that the family should be more independent, and that benefits available to single parents offer should not be offered. This benefit cut makes it more difficult for single parents to manage to survive …show more content…
The wealthier people in our society would be almost completely unaffected by this policy, and therefore it aims to only strengthen the ruling class philosophy onto the waged people, whilst permitting the bourgeoisie to do as they please, one of the many hypocrisies evident in capitalism.
Both of these examples of social policy come from a fairly democratic society, where the family is mostly a private matter. People that claim this often take examples of extreme societies, like Nazi Germany in the 1930s and 40s. Under Hitler’s rule there were very severe policies made, intended to encourage “racially pure” individuals to type, in order to produce a one particular race.
Compared with policies such as these, it makes ours seem very relaxed and minimal. However Donzelot (1977) argues that all family policies are examples of the government interfering with and tricking families, just on a more clever stage than that of forced governments. He argues that “policing of families” occurs on a smaller level, with professionals like Doctors or Social Workers having the power the affect the form and nature of