Families and Households - sociologists Flashcards
What did Parsons say? (couples)
Instrumental vs Expressive roles
What did Young and Willmott say? (couples)
See the family as improving/becoming more equal
Men do more domestic tasks/Women work more
(march of progress)
What did Ann Oakley say? (couples)
Says family is not equal - only 15% of husbands help with housework
What did Fran Ansley say? (couples)
Women are the takers of shit and exploited by men
What did Pilcher say? (childhood)
Childhood is a clear, distinctive life stage
What did Wagg say? (childhood)
Childhood is socially contructed as it isn’t the same everywhere
What did De Mause say? (childhood)
Childhood is different in different cultures
What did Murdock say? (Theories of family)
Studied 250 societies and found the Nuclear Family existed in every one: it is universal
What did Murdock say the four functions of the family are? (theories of the family)
- Sexual Function:
- Reproductitive function
- Economic function
- Educational function
What did Parsons say? (Theories of family)
Structural differentiation - Welfare state has taken some functions away from the nuclear family
What does Laslett say? (Theories of the family)
Families are not always nuclear
What does Engels say? (theories of the family)
Family has clear economic function to capitalism - inheritance
What does Zaretsky say? (theories of family)
The family is a place where proletariat men can be the boss
What does Beck say? (theories of family)
Negotiated family - Roles and power structure changed within the family and are negotiated by its members
What does Giddens say? (theories of family)
Family structure changes with circumstances
What does Stonewall find? (family patterns)
LGBTQ makes up around 5-7% of the adult population
What does Tranter say? (demography)
Decline in death rates from infectious disease such as Smallpox and measles between 1850-1970
What does Harper say? (demography)
Women’s education is the most important reason for the long term fall in birthrates
What did Shutes find? (demography)
40% of care nurses in the UK are migrants
What do Beck and Giddens say? (family patterns)
Relationships more fragile because a decline of traditional norms
What does Mirza say? (family patterns)
Higher rate of long parent families among blacks
What does Murray say? (Social Policy)
generous welfare benefits lead to a dependency culture - more likely to be lone parents/criminals
What does Donzelot say? (social policy)
Social policy/workers are used as a tool to change and control families - policing the family
