Families and households for real

Question 1

Aries

Answer 1

Children in the middle ages had the same rights, responsibilities and skills as adults

Question 2

Dobash and Dobash

Answer 2

Marriage and the nuclear family are the main sources of female oppression

Question 3

Duncombe and Marsden

Answer 3

Women carry the triple shift

Question 4

Murdock

Answer 4

4 functions:
Socialisation
Reproduction
Meeting economic needs
Stable satisfaction of the sex drive

Question 5

Murray

Answer 5

State provides overly generous welfare benefits which rewards people for irresponsible behaviour (Perverse Incentive)

Question 6

Palmer

Answer 6

Rapid cultural and technological changes have damaged children’s physical, emotional and intellectual development (toxic childhood)

Question 7

Parsons

Answer 7

Men and women are biologically suited to the domestic roles that are functional for society (Instrumental and Expressive)

Question 8

Poulantzas

Answer 8

Nuclear families are brainwashed into thinking that capitalism is fair

Question 9

Willmott and Young

Answer 9

There are more symmetrical families as a result of joint conjugal roles