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Murdock
Functionalism

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(Nuclear Family)
4 Roles:
- Reproductive
- Socialising
- Sexual
- Economic
Families “sheer practicality” - Unit of Production and Consumption

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Bell and Vogel
Functionalism

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Child as emotional scapegoat for adults tension and emotion
This has stabilising influence on family and therefore society (despite being dysfunctional for child)

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Parsons
Functionalism

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Primary Socialisation
Stabilisation of Adult Personalities
Social Mobility - eg: Son of labourer becomes labourer too
Expressive Vs Instrumental Role (Women + Men Respectively) - Effective Socialisation
+ Warm Bath Theory - Husband of family uses family as a ‘warm bath’ to destress from work

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Personal Life
Definition

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Interactionist and Postmodernist Ideas
Micro Approach
Focus on Meanings

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Stacey
Personal Life

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Divorce Extended Families

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Clarke
Personal Life

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Marriage and Differences in its reality for each person/couple
How does it make sense to those acting it out? How does it feel?

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Nordqvist and Smart
Personal Life

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Donor-conceived families - Feelings towards relationships and involvement with the children and families of a donor

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Leach
Personal Life

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Overloaded Electrical Circuit - Nuclear Family
Too great demands put upon it
Creates Conflicts
Causes them to huddle together and shield from society - which is a source of fear and violence

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Laing
Personal Life

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Family draws defensive barrier - “them and us”
Radical theory - schizophrenia can only be understood through families as it causes it

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Engels
Marxism

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Means of production communally owned - family did not exist
Family and society interlinked
Family designed to control women and protect property

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Zaretsky
Marxism

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Family as a Haven to work which was alienating
But is unable to provide the psychological and personal needs for individuals - cannot meet refuge of ‘brutal’ society
And as such family becomes a ‘Prop’ to Capitalism
- Husband is comforted by family and uses them to destress (domestic violence?), allowing him to keep going to work
- Family is a vital Unit of Consumption

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Althusser
Marxism

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Family an Ideological State Apparatus
Passes on ideals and values of ruling class

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Mary Wollstonecroft
Feminism (Liberal)

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Women exist in metaphorical ‘bird cage’
Policy necessary
eg: Equal Pay Act, Sex Discrimination Act, Equal Opportunities Act etc

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Oakley
Feminism (Marxist)

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Sexual Division of Labour - Women responsible for domestic work and childcare - so are economically dependent on men

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Beechey, Breugal + Benston
Feminism (Marxist)

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They form a reserve army of labour (easy to hire + fire) - Support men
Women economically dependent on men
Capitalism gets two price of one

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Ansley
Feminism (Marxist)

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Wife and family as ‘safety valve’ similar to Parsons
Wives as ‘takers of shit’
This frustration is due to capitalism - wife serves role to keep husband happy

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Rich
Feminism (Radical)

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There is compulsory heterosexuality
Lesbianism the solution - sexual freedom and removal of oppression

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Firestone
Feminism (Radical)

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Childbearing a burden
New reproductive technology - free women

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Delphy and Leonard
Feminism (Radical)

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Women contribute more to family but don’t get the benefits of it
Women provide 57 varieties of unpaid labour
Not always passive victims but have social and economic constraints

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Amos and Parmar
Feminism (Black Difference)

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Black women suffer from both racism and sexism

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Dobash and Dobash
Feminism
Domestic Violence

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109 Interviews with women who had experienced domestic violence
Informal and unstructured - meanings and understandings
Male use to destress - power over women and the family
Causes include men feeling like their authority/power was at threat/being challenged

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Official Statistics
Domestic Violence
Unrepresentative?

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Lack validity
Victims may be unwilling to report - The least likely crime to be reported (Yearnshire)
Women suffer 35 assaults before reporting (Yearnshire)
Police maybe unwilling to take reports seriously (Cheal) due to seeing: Family as a private sphere, Family a good thing so ignore it’s darker side & See individuals as free agents who can leave when they want to

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Explanations for domestic violence

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Millet and Firestone - Patriarchy at fault – Men are the enemy and the exploiters of women
Wilkinson – Blames economic factors such as Resources, e.g.: jobs, money, housing etc

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Young and Willmott
March of Progress

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The Symmetrical Family
Women are working
Men now help with housework and childcare
Couples share more leisure time
Reasons:
Changes in position of women
Higher standards of living
Etc

Criticised by Oakley - Some evidence (of the above) but not close to symmetry

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Reeves March of Progress
We’re halfway through a revolution in the interaction between gender roles and family Reasons: Gender pay gap closing (by 2040) 1/5 women earn more than men Less economic dependence on men Rise in divorce More obvious symmetry/equality Shared leave
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Gershuny and Duncombe + Marsden Feminism
Dual Burden - Housework and Paid Work Triple Shift - Housework, Paid Work and Emotion Work
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Compton and Lyonette Gender Division of Labour
Cultural/Ideological - Patriarchal norms and values shape gender roles Material/Economic - Women earn less so are dependent But younger men do more domestic work (Kan) - gender norms changing AND study on lesbian couples (Dunne) more symmetry with less stereotypical gender norms - similar to Smart who found that homosexual couples didn’t have these roles eg: with finance etc
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Pahl and Vogler Feminism
Allowance System - Men give their wives an allowance Pooling - Both partners have access to income
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Edgell (1980s) Feminism
Very important decisions (finance) made by men Important decisions (childcare/ education) made jointly Less important decisions (home decor) made by women
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Functionalist Social Policy
Fletcher - Welfare State Free NHS Compulsory Education Housing Policies All help families to take better care of children which suggests policies help the family
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Marxist Social Policy
Low Level State Pension - Retired people maintained at lowest possible cost Althusser - Friendly face of capitalism - eg: minimum wage (Ideological State Apparatus and False Class Conciousness
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Feminist Social Policy
Universal Child Benefit straight to women Courts assume women should have custody of children Maternity leave (benefits women but also patriarchy - and was also longer than paternity leave typically) But Liberal identify many that have helped: Equal Pay Act Sex Discrimination Act Shared Leave Benefits for Lone Parents and Equalising Divorce Laws
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New Right Social Policy
Saw family diversity as the development of welfare dependency and the underclass Murray - Benefits encourage dysfunctional family types and offer perverse incentives Child Support Agency - Absent parents responsibility for children Community Care Policy - Care done by families without state - Benefits banned on 16-18 year olds Marriage Tax Breaks introduced - encouraged marriage Clause 28 - Discouraged diversity
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New Labour Social Policy
Said nuclear family is optimum but not necessary - accepted other types of family So also issued Supporting Families Maternity and Paternity Leave (Shared) Working Families Tax Credits Civil Partnerships for Same-Sex Couples
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Postmodernism Social Policy
Support diversity Policy should aid individual needs (Individualisation Thesis) Stacey - Policy should allow for choices - eg: Divorce Reform Act
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Wagg, Benedict + Ennew Childhood
Childhood never existed Childhood construction cross culturally - Children as part of workforce (Jamaica) In Non-industrial societies children are expected to have greater responsibilities
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Aries Childhood
Historical Differences - Medieval children were like ‘mini-adults’ - same rights, duties and skills
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Postman Childhood
Information Hierarchy - Distinction in clothing, knowledge of sex, money, violence, death, illness etc + Changing perception of childhood (from 15th Century) - ‘seen but not heard’
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Changes in Position of Childhood (19th+20th Centuries)
Lower IMR Child Health Development Ban on Child Labour Compulsory Education Child Protection
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March of Progress View on Childhood
Child Centred Families Family Size Decrease Parents Spend More Time With Children
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Conflict View (Position of Childhood Not Changed - Differences in Childhood)
Differences: Gender (Hillman - boys more independent and get more freedom) Ethnic (Brannen - Asian parents likely to be more strict) Class (Howard - IMR more likely in poorer families)
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Child Liberationists (Firestone + Gittins)
Firestone - Extensive care and protection is just a form of oppression, subjecting children to greater adult children Gittins - Age Patriarchy - Adult domination that keeps children subordinate and dependent
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Palmer Childhood
Toxic Childhood - Technological and Cultural advancement has damaged children’s development
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Lee Childhood
Childhood is disappearing more now than ever - they are getting more rights and their views are also taken into account more - but there is complexity
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Opies Childhood
Children have a separate culture to adults - healthy. eg: games, songs, jokes etc
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(Declining) Birth Rate
Reasons: - Changes in positions of women (Harper) - Further Education - Decline in IMR - Children are economic liabilities - Child Centredness - more likely to have just one kid Effects: - (More Ability for) Dual Earner Families - Dependency Ratio Decrease - Less need for public services - Ageing Population

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