Families and Households Flashcards
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What is the Nayar family type?
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- a woman could have sexual relations with a maximum of 12 men( biological father was unknown)
- Brother of the mother was in-charge of looking after children.
2
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What is the Kibbutz family type?
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- Children were separated from their parents and brought up in a children’s house where they were brought up by metaplets( nurses, educators and housemothers).
- Natural parents are only allowed to visit for short periods of times.
- children are the responsibility of the community.
3
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What is the Communes family type?
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- alternative way of living, collective way of living instead of individual units.
- adults and children live and work together
4
Q
What year were civil partnerships introduced?
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- 2004
5
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What year were same-sex marriages introduced?
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- 2014
6
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What is the definition of a household?
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- one person living alone or a group of people who live at the same address/ share living arrangements.
7
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What is the definition of a family?
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- a social institution consisting of people tied together by kingship (blood, marriage or adoption)
8
Q
Suggest two ways in which women’s involvement in paid work has affected family structures
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- Delay in marriages
- Smaller families
9
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Why has women’s involvement in paid work delayed marriages?
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- Women are more likely to prioritise their careers over marriage.
- Women feel less pressure to get married.
10
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Why has women’s involvement in paid work created smaller families?
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- Women are more focused on their careers, meaning they are having babies later. Therefore they are older when having children and may not have as many, creating smaller families.
11
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What is the functionalists view of the family?
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- the family performs essential functions which support social stability and social cohesion.
12
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AO3 for functionalists view of the family?
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- Down plays the role of conflict in the family (such as domestic abuse or the oppression if women).
-The family is not always a warm bath which parsons suggests. - out of date (women now work)
- deterministic (assumes members of society automatically take on norms and values)
13
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What is the Marxist view of the family?
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- they believe the family is a tool of capitalism and its main function is to maintain capitalism and reinforce social inequalities.
14
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What did the marxists Fredrick Engles say about the family?
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- the isolated nuclear family means men are able too confirm when the child is theirs and they can ensure wealth stays within the family through private inheritance.
- this feeds capitalism as they are keeping wealth private not distributing it to the community
15
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What does the marxist Althusser say about the family?
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- Marxists agree with functionalists that the family is a key part of socialisation. However, marxists believe the family socialises the next generation into the ruling class ideology. This maintains capitalism as the ruling class ideology is accepted as normal to next generation.
