changing patterns Flashcards

1
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two ways women are no longer financially dependant upon men

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  • more in paid work
  • welfare
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2
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5 reasons theres an increase in divorce

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  • financial position of women
  • secularisation
  • decline in stigma
  • changing laws
  • rising expectations of marriage due to media
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3
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why does Fletcher say rising expectations of marriage causes divorce

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less likley to tolerate unhappiness

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4
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what does changes in law mean there is a reduction of

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empty shell marriages

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5
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why does fletcher say there is evidence for dissatisfaction with relationship not marraige as an institution

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remarriage

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6
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what percent of marriages end in divorce

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40%

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7
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why do feminists criticise functionalist belief about rise in divorce

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fail to explain why women are most liklet to file for it

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8
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statistic for rise in cohabitation

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in 80s 70% of people thought those with children should be married, but only 40% do now

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9
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evidence for cohabitation being a trial marruage

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chester - 75% of couples expect to marry each other

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10
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why do afro caribbeans have highest rate of lone parenthood

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salvery women and children kept together but men seperated - this cycle persists

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11
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what percent of children born out of wedlock

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47%

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12
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Hoschild on feminist explanations of divorce

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  • home is more unfavourable to work because they are valued at work, not home
  • mens resistance to domestic work causes tension and frustration
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13
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2 feminist explanations for divorce

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  • dual burden - paid and domestic work
  • private sphere change is slower than public
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14
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murray on lone parenthood

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  • due to welfare creating a depedancy culture
  • threatening norms of society so should stop welfare
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15
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evaluation for murray on loneparenthood (2)

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  • welfare isnt helping women that much - still in poverty
  • childcare being so expensive is the reason so many do not work and fathers not providing childcare
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16
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why do postmodernsist say there is a rise in divorce (3)

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individualisation and self interest
- beck - relationships fragile
- giddens - pure relationships - purely for personal fulfillment not duty to kids or tradition

17
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3 statistics about one person households

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  • rise in living alone
  • almost half are over 65
  • 3/10 households
18
Q

why are there more one person households

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  • incraesed seperation and divorce
  • decline in marriage
  • LAT - living paart together - too early in relationship to move in (duncan)
19
Q

what does weeks say about found family

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same sex couples look for -friendhsip as kin’ to replicate secuirty and stability of hetero families

20
Q

how many famileus are reconstituted

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10%

21
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crow on reconstituted families

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tensions in family from diff parental figures as well as the ones not in marriage

22
Q

why are reconstituted families more likely to be in poverty

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  • could have to pay child support to other family
  • more children
23
Q

how many women head lone parent families

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90%

24
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why are women more likley to head lone parent families (2)

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  • belief that they have nurturing and expressive role
  • courts usually give them custody