Families and Households - sociologists

Question 1

What did Parsons say? (couples)

Answer 1

Instrumental vs Expressive roles

Question 2

What did Young and Willmott say? (couples)

Answer 2

See the family as improving/becoming more equal
Men do more domestic tasks/Women work more
(march of progress)

Question 3

What did Ann Oakley say? (couples)

Answer 3

Says family is not equal - only 15% of husbands help with housework

Question 4

What did Fran Ansley say? (couples)

Answer 4

Women are the takers of shit and exploited by men

Question 5

What did Pilcher say? (childhood)

Answer 5

Childhood is a clear, distinctive life stage

Question 6

What did Wagg say? (childhood)

Answer 6

Childhood is socially contructed as it isn’t the same everywhere

Question 7

What did De Mause say? (childhood)

Answer 7

Childhood is different in different cultures

Question 8

What did Murdock say? (Theories of family)

Answer 8

Studied 250 societies and found the Nuclear Family existed in every one: it is universal

Question 9

What did Murdock say the four functions of the family are? (theories of the family)

Answer 9

• Sexual Function:
• Reproductitive function
• Economic function
• Educational function

Question 10

What did Parsons say? (Theories of family)

Answer 10

Structural differentiation - Welfare state has taken some functions away from the nuclear family

Question 11

What does Laslett say? (Theories of the family)

Answer 11

Families are not always nuclear

Question 12

What does Engels say? (theories of the family)

Answer 12

Family has clear economic function to capitalism - inheritance

Question 13

What does Zaretsky say? (theories of family)

Answer 13

The family is a place where proletariat men can be the boss

Question 14

What does Beck say? (theories of family)

Answer 14

Negotiated family - Roles and power structure changed within the family and are negotiated by its members

Question 15

What does Giddens say? (theories of family)

Answer 15

Family structure changes with circumstances

Question 16

What does Stonewall find? (family patterns)

Answer 16

LGBTQ makes up around 5-7% of the adult population

Question 17

What does Tranter say? (demography)

Answer 17

Decline in death rates from infectious disease such as Smallpox and measles between 1850-1970

Question 18

What does Harper say? (demography)

Answer 18

Women’s education is the most important reason for the long term fall in birthrates

Question 19

What did Shutes find? (demography)

Answer 19

40% of care nurses in the UK are migrants

Question 20

What do Beck and Giddens say? (family patterns)

Answer 20

Relationships more fragile because a decline of traditional norms

Question 21

What does Mirza say? (family patterns)

Answer 21

Higher rate of long parent families among blacks

Question 22

What does Murray say? (Social Policy)

Answer 22

generous welfare benefits lead to a dependency culture - more likely to be lone parents/criminals

Question 23

What does Donzelot say? (social policy)

Answer 23

Social policy/workers are used as a tool to change and control families - policing the family