families & households topic 3 Flashcards
(12 cards)
functionalists are similar to who?
new right
what do functionalists and new right both believe in?
nuclear family
expressive role
wife takes a domestic role and does house work, child care etc
instrumental role
husband takes the role of ‘bread winner’ and goes to paid work
‘new man’
men are now becoming more involved in domestic tasks (house work, child care)
who says the nuclear family is ‘natural’
new right - due to biological difference between men and women
benson
lower rates of married people getting a divorce than breakups in cohabiting couples
who is oakley?
a feminist
what is a neo-conventional family? who said this?
chester recognises some family diversity (as a good thing) but says the only major change is a shift from nuclear family to neo-conventional family (more equal)
individualisation thesis
people are now less influenced by religion, stereotypical gender roles etc so they have more freedom to choose their own life course
what is a pure relationship?
when someone searches for ‘the one’ and leaves a relationship whenever both members needs are no longer being met
who said now people search for a ‘pure relationship’ ?
giddens
