New Right role of family Flashcards
(9 cards)
What did Patricia say about single parent families?
“single parent families breed delinquents”
What does the New Right advocate ?
-Lone parents are everything wrong with society
-leads to delinquency and anti-social behaviour.
-They oppose state welfare, citing welfare dapendancy and the emergence of an underclass
-Nuclear+traditional values pro
What is the problem with the NR ideas on single mothers?
-That they’re someone to blame (moral panics and folk devils)
State researched facts that disprove this view
Michael Portillo “teen state dependacy”
1% single parents in the Uk are teens.
39 is the average age of single parents
SP are more likely to be happy escaping toxic environments.
2 Advertisments that support familial ideologies…
The cereal packet family
Fairy liquid.
Links to functionalist theory
Charles Murry:
Critisises the welfare state for dependancy culture
Michael Howard says
-nuclear is the best for everyone and society
AO3 : on Patricia and Howard
She uses her own bias
He neglects women/children who are trapped in toxic households.
They are blinded by their own privalidge in society they will never be in that position.