families and households Flashcards

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what is a household?

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1 or more person living at the same address, not just families

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what is a family?

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related through kinship

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what is kinship?

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relations through blood or marriage / civil partnership or adoption

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what is a nuclear family?

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two generations living in the same household

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what is extended family?

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large number of people usually three generations or more living together

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what is reconstructed family?

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formed by adults who previously married and bring children from their previous marriage into the new marriage

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what is dual earning?

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both parties contribute to the financial support of their household

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what is a reconstituted family?

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two families who join together after one or both partners divorced their previous partners

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what is the matrifocal family?

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mother and father play a less important role in the home and in bringing up children

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what is a chosen family?

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group of individuals who deliberately choose one another to play significant roles in each others lives

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what is dispersed extended?

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less frequent contact between families and relatives

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what is a beanpole family?

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a multi-generational family that is long and thin with few aunts, uncles and grandparents

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what is ideological state apparatus?

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institutions like education, churches, family and the law which were formally outside state control but which served to transmit the values of the state

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what is a marxist feminist?

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emphasises the way women are doubly exploited- both as workers in an unequal, exploitative capitalist society, and as women

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what is a liberal feminist?

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recognises womens position in the family, with women taking responsibility for housework and childcare, can have effects on their power, career, and health

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what is a radical feminist?

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focuses on problems of patriarchy in society + family
-Greer (2007) argues relationships in contemporary society remain patriarchal and exploitative
-radical feminists see family as only benefiting men
-their solution is to reject family and family life + men

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what is social policy?

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plan or action put in place by government to tackle a social issue or improve peoples lives

18
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what is a cereal packet family?

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nuclear family consisting of two married parents who are biological parents to their children

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what is an annulment?

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a marriage was never legally valid or was legally valid, but meets one of the reasons that makes it ‘voidable’