Families And Households - Names Flashcards
(21 cards)
The (nuclear) family is good, universal and provides 4 vital functions.
MURDOCK- sexual regulation, reproduction, socialisation, economic.
(Functionalist)
The family Is important and Good: Warm bath theory; Expressive roles instrumental; functional fit
PARSONS (Functionalist)
The family is beccoming equal - Symmetrical family - share of conjugal roles; gradual to equality
YOUNG and WILLMOT
(Functionalist also linked to liberal feminist)
Inheritance to private property - keeping property in the hands of men whilst opressing women to reproduce the next generation of capalism benefits capitalism.
Nuclear family introduces children to patriarchy (Dad at the top of hierarchy + in control) marriage used for control.
ENGELS (Marxist)
Family benefits capitalism.
Family is a unit of consumption for e.g. pester power.
Family provides ‘cushioning effect’ to the impact of exploitation and alienation workers face that causes them to forget and return the next day due to there ‘illusion of a safe haven’
ZARETSKY (marxist)
Family mantains capatalism.
Family is a ideological state apparatus (indoctrination of ruling class ideologies)
- Introduces children to hierarchy (often father at the top) teaches obedience to authority and a hierarchy - Women then Reproduces kids that grow up to be passive and docile workers
ALTHUSER
Women absorb male frustration caused by capitalism. - become ‘takers of sh*t’
ANSLEY (Marxist Feminist)
Adapted on the dual burden making the Triple Shift.
Paid work, house work, emotional work
Duncombe and Marsden
(Feminist)
Family is oppresive + patriarchal.
Advocates for matrifocal families (families led by women)
GREER (Radical Feminist)
Interviwed working class girls In 1976. and found Women’s priorities were: Love, Marriage, husband, children jobs In that order.
In 1974 it changed to job and carrer before husband kids
SHARPE
Family is a patriarchal institution where men benefit from women’s unpaid labour - who do majority of the work.
DELPHY & LEONARD (marxist feminist)
Decision making.
Men have more Decision making power and make the bigger ones regarding things like finance and jobs whilst women make smaller decisions like home decor.
Edgell (linked to feminist)
Money management in a relationship
Allowance system and Pooling system.
PAHL AND VOGER
Allowance system - Men gives the women a set amount of money to deal with the house and personal needs.
Pooling system - Men and women put there money into a joint bank account and share. Men still often make the more important decisions
Secularisation - weakens marriage values.
WILSON (New right)
Pure relationships and confluent love - relationships based on emotion + intimacy not traditon
GIDDENS (Post Modernism)
Argues that women’s role in the family often reflect Personal Choices ‘home centered women’ and not just patriarchy .
HAKIM (Post Feminist)
Rejects the nuclear family as ideal as believes a increase in family diversity allows women to escape patriarchal relationships. (Same sex- single parent families)
STACEY (Post-modern feminist)
Individuals now have increased self freedom + aren’t bound by traditional morms, ‘Risk society’ rise of individual choices that can however have consequences though such as ‘emotional strain’
BECK AND BECK GERNSHEIM (Post modernist)
Nuclear familiy provides discipline and stability.
Argues the rise in lone parent families has led to an ‘underclass’ - Group dependant on welfare with no ethic. Also fatherless children likely to engage In crime
Welfare state rewards irresponsible behaviour - removes need for father responsibility
Murray
Women have financial
