Family&households: Topic 3- Theories of the family~ Vital vocab Flashcards
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What are capitalists?
The class who owns the mean of production
What is consensus approach?
Emphasize that societal structure built upon the foundation of agreed norms and ideals
What is conflict approach?
Emphasizes the social, political or material inequality of a social group
What are donor conceived children?
The process of having a baby using donated sperm
What is difference feminism?
A perspective that sees how women are oppressed by patriarchy, racism and capitalism.
What is liberal feminist?
Feminists who focus on achieving equality through political, legal and social reform.
What is Marxist feminist?
Feminists who analyse ways women who are exploited through capitalism
What is radical feminist?
Feminists who call for male supremacy to be eliminated in all context
What is functional fit theory?
The functions performed by the family that depend on the type of society in which it is found
What are functions?
Work or operate in a proper way
What is geographically mobile workforce?
Workers needed to move to where the work was
What are ideological functions?
Cultural beliefs that justify particular social arrangements, including patterns or inequality
What is inheritance?
Receiving money, property, title as an heir at the death of previous holder
What is labour force?
All people who are o working age, and able and willing to work
What is modern industrial society?
A society driven by technology and machinery to enable mass production, supporting a large population with high division of labour.
What is personal life perspective?
A perspective aiming to research individual choices and the influences behind them
What is pester power?
The ability of children to pressurize their parents into buying products
What is political lesbianism?
Advocates lesbianism as positive alternative to heterosexuality for women as part of the struggle against sexism
What is pre-industrial society?
A time before there were machines and tools to help perform tasks
What is private property?
The ownership of property by private parties
What is reserve army of labour?
Describes the ranks of unemployed who are prepared to work for low wages in temporary jobs
What is socially mobile workforce?
Science and tech is evolving. This requires skilled workers gained through efforts
What is stabilization of adult personalities?
The family being a place where adults can relax and release tension
What is stable satisfaction of the sex drive?
Sex with the same partner, preventing sexual free for all.
