Zaretsky's View That The Family Benefits Capitalism?

In this essay, I will talk about how Marxists believe that the family benefits capitalism and how. Capitalism is an economic system, where most of the trade, industries and means of production are privately owned and operated for profit.
According to Zaretsky, the family benefits Capitalism in two ways; Being a unit of cosumption and raising the next generation of workers. Because the family is a unit of cosumption, buying most of our needs such as food and electrial appliances, money is put back into society allowing capitalism to make more of a profit from business. This can be criticised though, because they are making the assumption that Capitalism is completely negative, because they are viewing the family in terms of its economic relationship …show more content…
This is why the family is seen as a refuge, because when the men came home then, they reverted to their dominant role over the family, and got to be the ones who were listened to, rather than the ones having to listen to orders. This is the "Warm Bath" theory, and feminist Ansley criticised this, calling women the "takers of men 's shit." This is because this theory gives men the excuse to be abusive, either mentally or physically, and it would be looked over because the family is there to be an …show more content…
He also believes the family has two irreplacable functions, and these are primary socialisation of children, and the stabilisation of adult personality, or the warm bath theory. However, this theory can also be heavily criticised, because it only focuses on the traditional nuclear family, ignoring all other family types and how they could effect these functions and roles. Marxists also point out that Functionalists only focus on the bright side of the family, completely ignoring the "dark side" of the family, such as domestic violence and this only shows how idealistic the family