Families and Household

Question 1

What is the New Right?

Answer 1

Associated with conservatism and are highly tarditional

Question 2

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How is the nuclear family undermined? - New Right

Answer 2

• More lone parents
• Increased divorce (sexual free-for-all - Murdock)
• Increased cohabitation

Question 3

What is Murray’s true hate?

Answer 3

Lone parenting/single mothers

Question 4

What does Murray believe about the Welfare state?

Answer 4

They undermine the nuclear family and has craeted a culture of dependancy where the “underclass” are work-shy and lazy

Question 5

Why does Murray hate lone parenting?

Answer 5

1. Causes dependancy on welfare
2. Lack of father figure leads to ill-disciplined children growing into a life of crime
3. It undermines the sexual division of labour

Question 6

One statistic that supports New Right views?

Answer 6

Children from broken homes are 5x more likely to develop emotional issues

Question 7

What does the New Right believe about domestic violence?

Answer 7

It is a family matter and is “swept under the rug”

Question 8

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What is modernity?

Answer 8

• Growing ubanisation
• Increased knwoledge of science and rationality
• Decreased belief in religion, magic and superstition

Question 9

What is postmodernity?

Answer 9

• Social intitutions have broken down
• Knowledge itself must be understood
• Ways of thinking about thought

Question 10

What does Fucoult say about kowledge?

Answer 10

1. There are no foundations for knowledge
2. If we don’t have true/false knowledge then the enlightenent project is finished
3. All ideas & opinions have equal value
4. All-embracing theories are just a version of reality

Question 11

What is a critique of Fucoult?

Answer 11

Saying that we don’t have true knowledge is knowledge itself

Question 12

What are 3 key postmodernists?

Answer 12

Lyotard, Baudrillard, Bauman

Question 13

What does Lyotard say about the world?

Answer 13

We are selfish about metanarratives / belief systems
We have become dissillusioned and no longer expect the world to get better

Question 14

What does Baudrillard say about the world?

Answer 14

We live in a world of relativism (my truth is not yours)
No single meaning can be agreed on

Question 15

What does Baudrillard say about the media?

Answer 15

• It’s so engrained into our lives that it shapes the way we live
• He calls this a “simulacra” - media images are shown to reflect reality but doesn’t actually reflect real events
• This creates a ‘hyper-reality’

Question 16

What does Lyotard say about society?

Answer 16

• It’s changing so fast that it can’t be explained by general theories
• We have more choice over identity & there’s less social constraints

Question 17

What is Baudrillard’s Pick n’ Mix theory?

Answer 17

Postmodernism involves consuming media-created desires and we can pick and mix between identities (gender, class etc)

Question 18

What is Bauman’s Shopping Mall theory?

Answer 18

• You are what you buy
• Because we aren’t constrained by class, ethnicity etc, we can choose, swap and try on identites

Question 19

What are 4 strengths of postmodernism?

Answer 19

1. Highlights changes in media, culture and identity
2. Provides insight to modern issues (globalisation, social change)
3. Influences how sociologists research

Question 20

What is one late modernist?

Answer 20

Giddens

Question 21

What does Giddens believe?

Answer 21

Accepts that there has been changes but rejects that we have moved into a new era

Question 22

Limitations to postmodernism?

Answer 22

• Marxists - it ignores power and inequlality
• They assume we can’t distiguish media from reality
• Not all views are equally true
• Lyotard’s theory is self-defeating

Question 23

What are Lukes’ 3 faces of power

Answer 23

1. Decision making
2. Agenda setting
3. Controlling wishes & desires

Question 24

3 Faces Of Power - Decision making

Answer 24

• Winning arguments
• Women win more but smaller
• Men win less but major
• Husband dominates more impotant decisions

Question 25

**3 Faces Of Power - Agenda setting**

Answer 25

* Some ideas are already set and are hard to discuss * The recipiant group have no power and so can't make the decisions

Question 26

**3 Faces Of Power - Controlling wishes and desires**

Answer 26

One group shapes the wishes and desires of another without them realising they're being manipulated

Question 27

**What does Oakley say about gender roles?**

Answer 27

The wife becomes dependant on the male breadwinner

Question 28

One statistic about domestic abuse

Answer 28

1/4 women & 1/6 men will suffer domestic abuse

Question 29

**What do Dobash & Dobash say about domestic abuse?**

Answer 29

* In a patriarchal world, domestic violence is inevitable * Men are seen to have the 'right' to 'discipline' their wife and there is little help to the battered wife

Question 30

**What does Wilkinson say about domestic violence?**

Answer 30

Domestic abuse is brought on be stress: 1. Overcrowed houses 2. Poverty 3. Low income

Question 31

**What is a promiscuous horn?**

Answer 31

Someone who has sex with a lot of people

Question 32

# ******** **What are social policies?**

Answer 32

Gov. legislations & activities that aim to improve the well-being of society

Question 33

**What policies affect family?**

Answer 33

1. Divorce 2. Abortion 3. Contraception 4. Child protection 5. Adoption

Question 34

**How are social ploicies created?**

Answer 34

1. Know what the family is & what it should become 2. Know what the family does & what it should do 3. What is the policy trying to achieve

Question 35

What is the 1969 & 1984 Divorce Act?

Answer 35

* 1969 - Didn't need a reason to divorce but has to wait 5 years after marriage * 1984 - Only has to wait 1 year

Question 36

What is the Civil Partnership (2004) & Marriage Act (2013/14)

Answer 36

* 2004 - Same sex could have same rights as straight but couldn't call it 'marriage' * 2013/14 - Same sex couples could get married

Question 37

What is the Adoption Act

Answer 37

Anyone could adopt

Question 38

What is the Maternity Policy

Answer 38

Today we can get upto 52 weeks of maternity leave * The first 2 weeks is compulsary (4 weeks for a woman wokring in a factory)