Family 6: Eli Zaretsky Flashcards
D: Zaretsky thought that industrialisation created 2 separate spheres, what were they?
E: This is similar to Parsons’ two roles for men and women, what are they?
C: How did this serve the needs of capitalism/?
D: The public (work) and the private (home)
E: Public sphere= instrumental role.
Private sphere= expressive role
C: It was more efficient to have the needs of workers (men) provided for free at home (by women)
D: What type of sociologist is Zaretsky?
E: What decade was he writing in?
C: Evaluate- what has changed in the labour market since that decade?
D: A Marxist
E: The 1970s
C: Since the 1970s, far fewer people work in factories. Women are much more likely to be in paid work.
D: How did the family work together before industrialisation?
E: What type of unit did the family become after industrialisation?
C: How does this help capitalism?
D: As a unit of production- everyone in the family worked together in the home to produce something.
E: A unit of consumption
C: The family’s need to consume drives workers to work longer hours to afford products.
D: What does Zaretsky say the family is like?
E: What are the 3 functions of the family?
C: How does marriage relate to this?
D: A cushion against the brutality of capitalism.
E: Economic, class reproduction, unit of consumption.
C: Marriage means that men know that their sons are their heirs and can be confident about passing on their wealth as inheritance (class reproduction)
D: Who is responsible for the unpaid work in the family?
E: What did Zaretsky suggest is the solution?
C: How is Zaretsky’s work similar and different to a feminist approach?
D: Women do all of the unpaid labour and provide the cushion against the brutality of capitalism.
E: The end of capitalism.
C: Similar= they both see women as being oppressed by the family.
Different= Zaretsky sees women’s oppression as supporting capitalism, feminists would see this as supporting patriarchy.
