Family Flashcards
What are Parson view on domestic division of labour
Biological suited roles
Expressive - Women
Instrumental - Men
What are Bott two types of roles
Segregated conjugal roles = division labour between couple + spend leisure time separately
Join conjugal roles - share leisure + domestic tasks
What did Willmott and Young say about families
more symmetrical families - joint conjugal roles
What is the march of progress view on couples
‘new man’ = equal housework + childcare
What is the term that Feri + Smith came up with
Dual Burden - paid + domestic work
What is the term that Duncombe + Marsden came up with
Triple Shift - paid + domestic + emotion work
What is the material explanation of decision making
Men have more power - earn more
What is the cultural explanation to decision making
Gender role socialisation instils the view that men are the primary decision makers
What does Dobash and Dobash say about domestic violence
Marriage + nuclear family is the key institution of patriarchy + main source of women’s oppression.
DV inevitable - serves to preserve the power men have over women
What is Ansley’s view on domestic violence
‘Takers of shit’ - a product of capitalism - males exploited at work = takes frustration on their wives
What is domestic violence a result of according to Wilkinson
result of stress caused by social inequality
What does Pilcher say about childhood
separateness of childhood stage and adulthood stage
What did Benedict say about childhood
Non-industrial societies are treated differently from western children. More responsibility at work + home, less values on obedience, sexual behaviour viewed differently
What did Aries found out about childhood in the middle ages
did not exist - ‘mini adults’
What did Postman say about childhood
childhood is ‘disappearing at a dazzling speed’
What did Shorter say about childhood in the middle ages
high death rates of children - indifference + neglect eg child referrers as “it”
What is the march of progress view on childhood
families are becoming more child centred
How does Palmer see childhood
Toxic childhood
What is the term used by Gittins
‘Age patriarchy’ - adult domination + child dependency = may assert itself in form of violence against children
What are the 4 functions of the nuclear family according to Murdock
. Socialisation
. Economic
. Reproduction
. Sexual relationships
What is Parson’s functional fit theory
. Pre-industrial society - extended family
. Modern society - nuclear family
What are the two irreducible functions of nuclear family according to Parson
. Primary socialisation
. Stabilisation of adult personalities
What are the functions of the family according to Marxist
. Engels - men pass down private property onto biological offspring (notably a son)
. Zaretzky - ‘cult of private life’ - belief that we can only gain fulfilment from family life = distract attention from exploitation
- Poulantzas - brainwash into thinking capitalism is fair
What does Liberal feminists say about families
March of progress view - gender inequality is gradually being overcome through reform and policy change - change perspectives on socialisation + stereotypes
