families and households (1) theories of family, family social change , marriage Flashcards
what is family
family is a social unit made up of ppl related to eacj othjer
by blood, birth or marriage
what did mudrock say about family ?
nf - is the family
4 essential roles
- reproduction
- education
- economic function
- sexual function
what did parson about family ?
= nf is the familu
2 irredicivle funvtions
- primary socialisation
- stablization of adult personalities
family lost its function to other insitutitons
what is expressive and instrumental role ?
er= mothers taking on the emotions ahouse wife
ir= breadwinner
what is parsons theory ?
warm bath theory - the mother rakes on the expressive role and destresses the family by cooking cleaning and being a housewife
what are some of the criticis, of functiona;osts ?
- ignores fd
-ignotes other ethnicities - ignores sociAL problems e.g rise in divorce child abuse and domestic violence the dark side of the
1st book - divorce
what do feminsist about divorce
feminist argue that married women are dual burden
required to take on paid work in addition to perforning domestic labour
conflict between hus and wife
gov keep chaning lawfor divorce shows social attitudes are chaning - eivdene
pm view on divorce
what does beck say about divorce ?
in contemporary soc we have become individualistic , we make decsiosn based on our personal fulfillment
no longer feel a duty to remain in rs if they dont fulfill us
seek pure rs - giddens a rs we feel sattisfies our needs if not we end the rs
what is romantic notion ?
having the perfect rs diddens also suggests we have a trend towards confluent love we expect a rs to be based on intimacy and cloeseness
what are the consequences of divorce ?
- increase in lpf
- increase in reconsituted families - 2013 8% of step families
- impact on rs
singlehood and one person household
changing attitudes to sex rs and parenting - co parenting
who will be in favour of lpf and who wont
nr - not
fem,plp,pm - will
nr - higher chances of living in poverty could affect progress in school
having to agree who will care for the children and where they will live - emotional stress
why do the nr dislike div ?
view as undesirbale because it undermines marriage and traditional nucelur family - they regard vital to social solidarity
high dr creates a growing underclass of welfare deendancy
femlae lp who are a burden to society , leaves boys without a role model
why do fem like div ?
see a high dr as desirbale becuase it shows that women are breaking free from the oppression of the patriachal nucleur family
what do pm say about div ?
see a high dr as shwoing that indiviual now have freedom to choose to end a rs when it no longer meets thier needs - major cuase of fd
what do func say about high div ?
high dvr is not a threat to marriage as a social insitition the result of peoeples high expectation of marriage
high rate of remarriage shows people continually commit to the idea of marriage
what do ingteractionist say about divorce ?
interactionalist aims to understand what divorce means to the individual , mrgan argues that it cannot generalise about the meaning of divorce beacuse every indivual interpretation is different
what do plp argue about divr
plp accepts that divorce can cuase problenms
e.g financial difficulties , lackof communications between children and non resident parents
carol smart argues div has become normalised
fd
whar is the decline of tradiotional nf ?
nr believe increasing diver means increasing breakdown
ideology of the nf from the 1950- down
it was advertised on a cereal box - leach said it potrays happpy smiling nf
its an ideology - misleady view
what does jeffrey weeks day about fam choice ?
choose their own patnership
close firends becomes fmailies - provides support
increaed in 2002 it was legal for them to adopt
growing numb of les choosing to have children using ivf
what does social class , income and qulaity affect fam ?
wc - lower income - result in overcrowded households
life chnaces - harder to have good health and good employment mc have better jobs and income
children in wc have different experiences of fam life compares to mc
mc more likely to marry and nf
wc more likely to be divorce
how does ethinic div affect fam ?
asian fam - 20% are extended fam
beck - multicultural fam increased include patners from diff ethinic groups barriers between ethnic groups broken down and people can choose patners freely
what do pm say about fd
late modernity is changed by chpice and chance
opportunity to chosse identity and select lifestyle are increasing
post modern era is described as change as fluc and uncertainty
judith stacy 0 sees fd as reflection of pm sociiety
what is the rapport rapport ?
structural diversity
variations in terms of structure , household types and domestic divison of labour e.g differences between conventional families, lpf and reconsituited
class diversity - differences between mc and wc fam in rs with children and socialisation
cohort div/generational - fam type as the norm for genreation may differ to the next e.g have children in 1950s = nucleaur in 1990s = lpf
cultural diversity - diff lifestyle amongst different ethnic and reli groups
life cyce div - fam type influenced by satte of lifecycle theyre in e.g newly married have diff experience to those with dependant children
what is modernity ?
modern era = 1900s-1960s society has a fixed predictable structure , nucleurs the fam it shapes the bevaiour of individuals so they can perform important function for society
what is postmodernity
post modern era 1960s - present society has a no fixed structure but is characterised by choice and change , identites and rs are more fluid there is no such thing as the fam there are families
what does the late modernity say ?
some sociologists late modernist argue suggest society is someway near the late modernity
what does chester say - neo conventional fam ?
chester sees an increase in fd - doesnt see it in a neg way
only change is from conventional nf to neo conventional fam
nc fam as a dual earner fam does not see any evidence of major change
people dont want to stay in a long term basis e.glpf so nucleaur is still dominant
n0 of patterns
marriage continue after death divorce increases but they still remarry
cohab increased but its only temp
birth outside marriage increased
