Families And Households Flashcards
What did George Murdock argue (1949)
Argues that the basic family unit across the world is the nuclear family
What did William Goode argue (1963)
Argued that the worldwide trend is to move towards the western modle of the nuclear family
What is a household
Where we live
What is an empty shell family
When spouses no longer have feelings for each other but are still married
What is a bean pole family
A multi-generational family with few aunts and uncles cousins and the relationships between them are linear
What is a re-constituted family
When a couple with children from previous partners marry
What is monogamy
Marriage involving two people of the opposite sex
What is Pologamy
Marriage that involves at least 3 people
What is Polygyny
When a man can have more than one wife
What is Polyandry?
When a woman can have more than one husband
What does dobash and dobash (1979) believe?
They argued that patriarchy produces gender inequality in marriage and the family
They believe patriarchal norms are linked to wife beating as this can be viewed as men being able to control women and assert dominance
