Week 9

Question 1

what is a nuclear family?

Answer 1

consists of a cohabiting man and woman who maintain a socially approved sexual relationship

Question 2

What is a traditional nuclear family?

Answer 2

• husband works outside the home for money
• wife works without pay in the home

Question 3

what are the basic 5 functions of marriage/relationship?

Answer 3

1. Regulated sexual activity
2. Economic cooperation
3. Reproduction
4. Socialization
5. Emotional support

Question 4

What is conflict theory?

Answer 4

Friedrich Engels
- argued that the traditional nuclear family emerged along with private property and the inequalities of wealth

Question 5

How could a man safely pass on an inheiritance asked Engels?

Answer 5

only by controlling his wife sexually and economically

Question 6

What are the 1st factor of the gender revolution?

Answer 6

1. Love and mate selection
   a) marriage resources
   b) Third parties
   c) demographic and compostional factors

Question 7

What is the 2nd factor of the gender revolution?

Answer 7

2. Martial satistfation
   a) economic forces
   b) divorce laws
   c) family life cycle

Question 8

What is the 3rd factor of the gender revolution?

Answer 8

3. Divorce
   a) economic effects
   b) emotional effects

Question 9

What is the 4th factor of the gender revolution?

Answer 9

4. Reproductive choice
   - women now have a say over whether they will have children or not

Question 10

What is the 5th factor of the gender revolution?

Answer 10

5. housework and childcare
   - one domain remains more resistant to chnage

Question 11

What is the 6th factor of the gender revolution?

Answer 11

6. spousal violence