Criticisms of Individualisation, Confluent Love, and the Pure Relationship

Question 1

Smart

Answer 1

Exaggeration of family decline- family ties remain and involve strong emotional bonds
People not ‘cut-free’ from social pressures- class, ethnicity, gender etc
Individualist view not based on research

Question 2

Chambers

Decline

Answer 2

Cereal packet traditional family with life-long heterosexual marriage + clear gendered division of labour has declined

Question 3

Chambers

No Decline

Answer 3

Committment to values from culture, history, their parents, and community
Everyday behaviour not that different from past- women majority childcare + housework

Question 4

Smart + Chambers

Individualisation Fits Small Section

Answer 4

White, heterosexual, middle-class, and some same sex couples
Ignores social class + ethnic difference and fears of hostility (homophobia) in some communities