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What does it mean saying the family is a social construction

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No fixed definition , changed based on time and society

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What is a reconstituted/blended family

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More than one family, step family etc, children from previous relationships

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What’s the difference between a vertically and horizontally extended family

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Vertically is grandparents etc
Horizontally is aunts and uncles

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What is monogamy

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When someone is married to one person at one time

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What is serial monogamy

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Having a number of consecutive monogamous relationships

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What is polygamy

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One partner can marry several people at the same time

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What culture is polygamy found in

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West and central Africa

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What culture tends to have arranged marriages

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Indian culture

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What two groups do Marxists believe society is made up of

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The bourgeoisie and proletariats

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What are the four functions of the nuclear family and who came up with them

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Murdock
Economic
Education
Sexual function
Reproduction

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the new right believes lone parent families leads to an increase in …

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Crime (anti social behaviour )

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Z……. came up with four functions , what were they?

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Zaretsky
Obedience
Unit of consumption
Relieves stress
Provides a focus

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Explain what zaretsky meant by obedience in the family

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Keeps the rich powerful because people won’t protest as they accept the inequalities of capitalism as they have false class consciousness , and no change

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What does zaretsky mean when saying the family is a unit of consumption

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Each family is pressurized to buy things, helping the powerful bourgeoisie when buying there products

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Family relives stress ( Marxist view)

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Those who are poor continue in poverty as the family helps to cope with them being poor. Similar to warm bath theory , but negative

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The family provides focus (Marxist view)

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Individuals fail to look at the wider inequality’s in society , remaining oblivious to the exploitation. Only caring about there family

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What did parsons do

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Came up with the warm bath theory, the family is relaxing to come home too after a hard day at work

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What do functionalists believe about the nuclear family

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It’s perfect for primary socialisation

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What do Delphy and Leonard belive

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Men benefit most from family life

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What did Oakley belive

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Children are taught there gender roles from parents because the family is Patriarchal

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What are conjugal roles

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The jobs done in the family by men and women

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What are segregated

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The division between men and women’s jobs and roles in the household

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What are symmetrical roles in a family

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Sharing roles and responsibilities

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What is the triple shift

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Women being responsible for emotional work , a job and childcare /house work

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Which sociologist said about the dual burdens and what is it
Ann Oakley Women having more full time jobs but still doing the majority of house work
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Who argued that conjugal roles are becoming more equal
Young and Wilmor
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Which theory disagrees with the idea that the family is more symmetrical
Feminists , they belive it is improved but not equal
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5 reasons marriage is in decline
Change in women’s roles Expense Secularisation Cohabitation Changing social attitudes
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5 reasons for an increase in divorce
Changing social attitudes Secularisation Change in laws High expectations of marriage Changing role of women
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What is the modified extended family
Don’t live together but are in regular contact
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What is the sandwich family
Parents taking care of grandparents and kids
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Why are people living longer (5)
Better health care Clean water Advanced technology Not so many labour jobs Living circumstances
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Is childhood a social construct
Yes, because it varies on time snd class etc
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Why have we become child centred
Family’s having less children
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What was made available that caused an Increase in single hood
The contraceptive pill
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Who said that families were becoming more diverse
Rapoports
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Changes in law causing a increase in family diversity
Divorce reform act 1969 Marriage of same sex couples 2013/2014 Equal pay act 1970 (women having careers)
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Who believes domestic violence is caused by and reinforced by patriarchy
Sylvia walby
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What is the dark side of the family
Negative aspects like abuse and neglect often ignored by functionalists
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What’s a neo conventional family
New type of nuclear family
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One child policy
1979 to control population growth
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What is the domestic division of labour
Jobs in the home divided based on male and female
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New man
1980s-1990s , emotionally aware and more involved in childcare
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Five reasons for growth in singlehood
Increase of divorce makes people wary Charming norms Changing attitudes about sex before marriage (secularisation ) Contraception Position of women
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4 reasons for growth in lone parent families
Divorce is easier (law changed ) Changes in norms , socially acceptable Less religious , so women don’t have to be married to have child (used to send them away and give up for adoption ) Changing position of women
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What do post modernists view the increase in singlehood as evidence as
People have more freedom to choose the way they want to live
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How could some argue that postmodernists exaggerate the amount of choice within family situations
People may not want to be single Women may stuggle alone
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The role of the family in gender socialisation
Ann Oakley canalisation and manipulation
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What did Charles Murray say
Boys without fathers won’t be a good provider for there own children
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How would feminists disagree with new rights idea about lone parent family’s
Crime is due to poverty not from parents families
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Five reasons for changes in marriage
Changing norms Influence of religion declined Divorce is easier increasing re marriage Fininciwl independence of women High chose
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5 reasons for changes in divorce rate
Changes to law Changing norms Expectations of marriage in the media Secularisation Position of women
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What is the new right opinion on divorce
Threading the future of the nuclear family and causing an increase in families like lone parents , belive people rush into divorce as it’s so easy
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How do feminists view divorce
Positively as it offers women the chance to free themselves from marriages and the patriarchy
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Four reasons for changing family sizes
Increasing expense of bringing up children Position of women Decline in religion Technology
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What did Stephen edgall research
Women made sessions to do with the home and domestic spending , men made big sessions about the house finance and car
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What did Pahl research
Money being pooled and husband having control If women worked , she gained more control
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Crisis in masculinity
Men were in working class labour jobs and the breadwinners. Many of these jobs have gone and women now work . Media still presents this masculine role , feminism wants the new man.
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What does Neil postman argue
Childhood is disappearing due to the child centred trend, they are becoming more like adults younger watching programmes and adult themes on computers
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What are the two functions parsons say cannot be performed by anyone but the family
Primary socialisation Stabilisation of adult personalities ‘warm bath’
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Critics of the functionalist view on the family
Too positive ignoring the dark side Feminists say the family benifits men , inequality in the home Theory is outdated, both adults work and some are gay Marxists would say family serves the upper classes
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Critics of Marxist view on family
Ignores the benefits of the family for the members and community Feminists would say it ignored men having power over women no matter the class Children need rules Postmodernism says consumer goods is fun and gives lots of choice
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What does a life line of a women look like of putting her into her gender role
In the family , children are taught men and women have different places in the world associated into a mother role, more controlled by parents when going out etc School - double standards Relationships are Patriarchal
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What are the statistics on domestic violence
1/4 women will experience it A women is assaulted 35 times before reporting it
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How would functionalists critic feminists view on the family
It benifts everyone in society
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Stabilisation of adult personalities
Emotional support warm bath, a clear division of labour is needed, man as bread winner and women as house wife
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‘Cult of private life’
The family being the sole focus, as happiness is coming from that and not fighting for a fair society

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