PATTERNS AND TRENDS = NEW RIGHT

Question 1

what does the new right argue about gender?

Answer 1

• gender roles biologically determined
• men in public and women in private areas
• ## the nuclear family and Gender division is desirable

Question 2

which sociologist does New Right agree with the most?

Answer 2

• functionalist

Question 3

What is the main difference between functionalists and new rights?

Answer 3

• more news in the era
• focus on achieving a return to traditional gender roles and family values
• concerns over the rise in lone single-parent families headed by women who do not socialise children properly

Question 4

name a new right sociologist

Answer 4

• Schlafly

Question 5

what does Schlafly argue about feminism?

Answer 5

• Schlafly argued that although her feminist opponents seek to minimize the differences between men and women, “they will have to take up their complaint with God,” because “no other power” can alter the fundamental and necessary differences between men and women.

Question 6

evaluation of Schlafly

Answer 6

• biological argument for gender division roles has not been proven
• ignore the negative effects of gender roles
• dated and ignores the increasing number of people who choose to adopt non-traditional gender roles
• ignores how even in the golden age lone parenting cohabitation and marital affairs existed then too