Changing Family Patterns

Question 1

Define stigma

Answer 1

Stigma is the attached mark of disgrace with a particular circumstance, quality or person

Question 2

What do MIithcel and goody say about stigma attached to divorce

Answer 2

As the stigma of divorce has slowly vanished people have turned to divorce and a problem solver for marital problems.

Question 3

What is spite buying

Answer 3

Spite buying is when a spouse will make a celebration of the divorce

Question 4

Define secularization

Answer 4

The process of converting people from religious standards to secular possession.

Question 5

How did securitization affect the church’s

Answer 5

It affected them as people became less attached to religious standards divorce would be normalized leading to people ignoring church standards .

Question 6

What is a pure relationship?

Answer 6

A relationship that goes on when both peoples emotional and sexual needs are met

Question 7

What is meant by individualization thesis?

Answer 7

• It is made by chambers
• it argued traditional relationship standards and beliefs have lost their influence over people
• individual desires are more important then commitment.

Question 8

Define cohabitating couples and some facts around them

Answer 8

• couples that live together and are not married
• fastest growing relationship in the uk and is most popular with people 30 and under
• it is seen as a trial marriage

Question 9

Define a civil partnership.

Answer 9

It is a partnership with two people that comes with similar rights to marriage and allows same sex partnerships.

Question 10

What are some social policy which change in same sex relationship

Answer 10

• age for same sex consent was equalized to heterosexual age
• decriminalization of homosexuality
• gay marriage was legalized in 2011

Question 11

What does week (1999) say about homosexual relationships?

Answer 11

He argues that increased acceptance of homosexuals has lead to a stabilisation of their relationships
-that there relationships resemble heterosexual relationships

Question 12

Give some information of lone households.

Answer 12

• is an affect in lower marriage rates and higher divorce rates
• also since even when people have kids they don’t live with their partner

Question 13

Give information on who normally runs lone parent families.

Answer 13

• mainly headed by mothers since mothers normally get custody of kids in divorces
• this is cause men are seen as unwilling most of the time and the stereotype of mothers in an expressive role.

Question 14

What does Murray say about lone parent families?

Answer 14

He believes the they feed of the government and the wealth fair state and discourages them.
- says families should survive on there own

Question 15

What did Ferri and smith find out about stepfamilies?

Answer 15

They found the affect both stepparents and child rearing and that they are at greater risk of poverty.

Question 16

What did Allan and crow find out about stepfamilies?

Answer 16

They found that there is a particular problem with divide in loyalties as well as issues of tensions with non resident parents.

Question 17

What are some ethnic differences between families?

Answer 17

• black Caribbean’s have the highest rate of lone parent families while Asians and British being the lowest
• Asian households tend to be larger then most people

Question 18

What did Duncan and Philip conclude on living apart in a relationship

Answer 18

• it is a choice and based on not wanting to give up there own place
• some men say it is the ideal relationship

Question 19

Give me some facts on parents and children

Answer 19

• 47% of children are born where parents are not married

- women now wait longer in order to have kids