Families and Households Flashcards
Murdock
Nuclear family is universal
Parsons
Nuclear family is functional fit for industrial society
Chester
Nuclear family is neo-conventional family
Gough
Sanbanaham husbands- Nayar Tribe
Sheeran
Female core carers
Laslett
Pre- industrial nuclear family-people died young
Anderson
Industrial era the extended family was most common
Zaretsky
The family helps with a capitalist economy, the exploited go home and take out their frustration
Oakley
Pointed out that men were only required to do a few things around the house to qualify having joint roles
Donzelot
Social policy is used to control family behavior such as doctors
Murrary
The trad family is under threat due to the welfare system and their benefits
Giddens
Individual choice dictates family relationships and expectations have changed so people can leave relationships
Rappaports
5 different fam diversity- organisational, cultural, class, life course and cohort
Weeks
Increase in gay and lesbian families as more are accepting
Stacy
After divorce the women are more likely to stay in contact with extended family by choice
Smart
The term family is linked with trad ideas of the family. Personal life is better as there are newer types of fams today
May
Based on a idealised view of freedom of choice, ignores the differing levels of choice available
Dunscombe and Marsden
Women in families tend to do the housework etc but were happier when their husbands shared the burden
Pahl
Money management is managed by the husband, money is shared but husband has the main responsibility
Dunne
In lesbian households, tasks were shared equally
Dobash and Dobash
Police didn’t record violent crimes by husbands and women couldn’t leave due to being stigmatised
