3F Flashcards
1
Q
What were NR theorists worried about regarding the family?
A
- Rising divorce
- More single families
- Children being born to unmarried couples
- Cohabitation
2
Q
What were the solutions to NR familt problems?
A
- Return to traditional familt values
- Give 2 parent families more benefits and penilise those who fail to live by traditional family values
3
Q
What did Charles Murray say about the family?
A
- Most singles mothers are dependent on benefits
- They give insufficient socialisation which causes crime in the future
4
Q
Who criticised NR theory of family?
A
- Abbott and Wallace, feminists
5
Q
What did Abbott and Wallace say about NR famil?(criticism)
A
- NR ideas exploit women
- Ignores that all women don’t want to be a homemaker in a traditional family
- Assumes all nuclear families are happy and that they cannot be dysfunctional
- Ignore domestic violence
