theories

Question 1

murdock

Answer 1

• stable satisfaction of sex drive
• reproduction of next generation
  -socialisation
  -economic needs

Question 2

parsons- functions of families

Answer 2

• primary socialisation
• stabilisation of adult personalities

Question 3

parsons - functional fit

Answer 3

• geographically mobile workforce
  -socially mobile workforce

Question 4

engels

Answer 4

Family ensures wealth stays in hands of wealthy - economic reproduction
Patriarchal monogamous family

Question 5

zaretsky

Answer 5

Family is haven from harsh, exploitative world
Men have power over the women at home so aren’t angry they don’t have power at work.

Question 6

liberal feminists

Answer 6

Women’s oppression is gradually being rooted out through things such as changes in the law.

Question 7

Marxist feminists

Answer 7

capitalism is the cause of women’s oppression in the family.
Ansley- women are the takers of shit
unpaid labour- looking after children

Question 8

Radical feminists

Answer 8

men are the enemy
family and marriage are key institutions in the patriarchy

Question 9

difference feminism

Answer 9

can’t generalise about women’s experiences
criticism - all women’s do face some issues such a sexual assault, domestic violence ect

Question 10

Personal life perspective

Answer 10

-Nordqvist and Smart - ‘beyond ties’
-Bottom up approach
-Donor conceived children

Question 11

Parsons irreducible functions

Answer 11

• Stabilisation of the adult personality
  -Primairt socialisation