Sociological Approaches and Family Policies:Family Ideology

Question 1

Family ideology

Answer 1

Feminist and marxist writers suggest many state policies formed around this:
Dominant set of beliefs, values and images about how families are and how they ought to be

Question 2

Stereotype

Answer 2

Generalised, oversimplified view of an institution or social group in which the cereal packet family is at the heart of

Question 3

How do feminist writers Barret and McIntosh argue why family ideology is patriarchal, harmful and anti-social?

Answer 3

• Patriarchal as involves exploitation of women through triple burden of domestic and emotional labour in family along paid employment
• Harmful as suggests those living in other relationships or alone are deviant and a threat
• Anti-social as devalues life outside family