Families And Households Theorists Flashcards

Question

Coast

Answer 1

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(Functionalist)
- Sexual
- Economic
- Education
- Reproduction

Answer 2

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(Functionalist)
- Functional Fit Theory
Move to the nuclear family because it is both geographically and socially mobile
- Structural Differentiation
The family has become more specialised with 2 specific functions
- Primary Socialisation
- Stabilisation Of Adult Personalities

Answer 3

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The nuclear family remains the most dominant family form.
Neo-Conventional Family
Only change is women are now in paid work so an increase on dual earner families.
Cohabitation is part of the process of getting married for most people.

Answer 4

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(Marxism)
- Inheritance of Property
Needed the monogamous nuclear family over the promiscuous horde so that wealth could be passed down.

Answer 5

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(Marxism)
- Ideological Conditioning
- Psychological Outlet
- Economic Function
Unit of consumption

Answer 6

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(Liberal Feminism)
- Aspirations are changing amongst girls
Social Attitudes and socialisation are beginning to progress

Answer 7

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(Marxist Feminism)
- Reserve Army of Labour
- Socialising children into capitalist ideology
- Unpaid Domestic Labour

Answer 8

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(Marxist Feminism)
- Women are the ‘takers of shit’
Acts as a safety valve so that husband continues to work

Answer 9

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(Radical Feminism)
- Women carry the emotional burden
- Men rarely perform the same functions for women
- Men make the major economic decisions

Answer 10

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(Radical Feminism)
- 1 in 8 women suffer from domestic violence in some way.
- Domestic violence is an extension of male power over women

Answer 11

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(Radical Feminism)
- Disadvantages faced by women stem mostly from childcare responsibilities
- The solution to this is a babystrike.

Answer 12

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(Radical Feminism)
- Heterosexual relationships are inherently oppressive because it involves ‘sleeping with the enemy’
- All female ‘matrilocal’ households should replace the nuclear family.
- ‘Political Lesbianism’

Answer 13

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(Personal Life Perspective)
- ‘Chosen Families’ are made up of a network of people who are not blood related.

Answer 14

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(Personal Life Perspective)
- People often see pets as part of the family

Answer 15

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(Personal Life Perspective)
- Research into donor conceived children
- The issue of blood and genes raised a range of feelings
- The mother of a donor conceived child described what it is to be a mother differently
In terms of the time and effort she put into raising her daughter