6. Personal Life and The Family

Question 1

BEYOND BLOOD AND MARRIAGE:
Personal Life Considers a range of different relationships.
What do they say?

Answer 1

They include all kinds of relationships regarding family

Friends like siblings

Gay and Lesbian ‘chosen family’ - LGBTQ+ support network

Pets

Question 2

DONOR CONCEIVED CHILDREN:

What are they?

Answer 2

A sperm or egg donor donates them and someone else cam

have them implanted, causing large amounts of half siblings

Question 3

DONOR CONCEIVED CHILDREN:

What happens for the un-biological parent?

Answer 3

Their kids are still their kids through love

Question 4

DONOR CONCEIVED CHILDREN:

Evaluation - Bad

Answer 4

Personal life can be criticised by being to broad in its definitions, they ignore what’s special about blood and marital relationships

Question 5

DONOR CONCEIVED CHILDREN:

Evaluation - Good

Answer 5

Unlike functionalism, Personal Life recognises that relatedness isn’t always positive - eg, people may be trapped in violent relationships