family and house holds

Question 1

parsons parental roles

Answer 1

instrumental and expressive roles

Question 2

critcisms of parsons instrumental and expressive roles

Answer 2

• feminists say that it is not natural like Parsons claims
• man are now doing more of the domestic jobs and wives are becoming wage earners

Question 3

functionalist views on roles of male and female

Answer 3

they believe that segregated roles are best

Question 4

young and willmott

Answer 4

the symmetrical family and march of progress view, there has been a long term trend towards symmetry and its getting better

Question 5

oakley

Answer 5

found fewer than 20% of husbands had a major role in childcare

Question 6

British social attitudes

Answer 6

men on average do 8 hours of house work and women do 13, also found that couples continue to divide the house work by stereotypical gendered roles

Question 7

ferry and smith

Answer 7

fathers took responsibility for childcare less then 4% of the time

Question 8

marsden and duncombe

Answer 8

tripple shift

Question 9

gershney

Answer 9

peoples whose parents had more equal relationships were more likely to have more equal relationships

Question 10

gillan and dune

Answer 10

lesbian couples had more symmetrical relationships because of absence of traditional heterosexual gender scripts

Question 11

kan

Answer 11

for every £10,000 a woman makes she does 2 hours less of housework on average

Question 12

barret and mcintosh

Answer 12

men gain more from the domestic work that women do then women gain from men financially

Question 13

edgell

Answer 13

very important decisions were made by men, important were joint and small decisions were made by the wife

Question 14

problems with official statistics

Answer 14

maybe inaccurate because of victim being unwilling to report it and those that do get reported police are relictant to get involved because they view the family as beneficial for all parties

Question 15

radical feminists on domestic violence

Answer 15

because the patriarchy thery believe that it is inevitable future in a patriarchal society

Question 16

criticisms of feminist view of domestic violence

Answer 16

elliot - not all men benefit from domestic violence as most do not support it
redical feminists also fail to explain female violence

Question 17

pilcher

Answer 17

the most important feature of the modern idea of childhood is separateness, childhood is seen as clear and distinct life stage

Question 18

firth

Answer 18

in third world countries they had less value placed on children showing obedience to adult authority

Question 19

malinowski

Answer 19

childrens sexual hebaviour is often viewed differently

Question 20

aries

Answer 20

the idea of childhood did not exists in the 10th - 13th centuries

Question 21

reasons for change in the positions of children

Answer 21

• laws restricting child labor and paid work
• compulsory school
• child protection and welfare
• the growth of the idea of child’s rights
• smaller families
• laws and policies that apply specifically to children

Question 22

postman

Answer 22

choldood is disappearing becuase we are moving away from a print culture and towards a television culture where information is available to everyoen so no more information hierarchy

Question 23

jenkins

Answer 23

childhood is not disappearing only changing and that as we move from modernity to post modernity people put increased importance on the relationships with their kids as divorces and other relationships become more unstable. this makes adults even more fearful for children’s safety and sees them as vulnerable

Question 24

palmer

Answer 24

children now have toxic childhood as they now have video games, junk food, and growing emphasis on testing in education

Question 25

gintis

Answer 25

age patriarchy

Question 26

murdoc functions of the family

Answer 26

• stable satisfaction of the sex drive
• reproduction of the next generation
• socialisation of the young
• meeting its members economic needs

Question 27

criticisms of murdoc

Answer 27

• feminists say family only serves the needs of men and not everyone
• marxists say the family meets the needs of capitalism and not the family members or society

Question 28

parsons functional fit

Answer 28

the particular structure and functions of a given type pf family will fit the needs of society in which it is found (society moved away from the extended family after the industrial revolution)

Question 29

parsons family functions

Answer 29

• primary socialisation of children
• the stabilisation of adult personalities

Question 30

marxist family functions

Answer 30

• inheritance of property
• ideological functions
• unit of consumption

Question 31

criticisms of marxist functions of the family

Answer 31

• Marxists tend to assume that the nuclear family is dominant in capitalist society this ignores that other family types exist
• feminists argue that the Marxist emphasis on class and capitalism underestimates the importance of gender inequalities within the family
• functionalists argue the Marxists ignore the very important role the family has in society

Question 32

liberal feminist perspectives on the family

Answer 32

• womans oppression is being overcome by changing attitudes and laws
• we are moving towards equality

Question 33

Marxist feminists

Answer 33

• women reproduce the labor force
• women absorb anger (Ansley: takers of shit)
• women are a reserve army of cheap labor

Question 34

radical feminist views on the family

Answer 34

-men are the enemy
- the family and marriage are the key institutions in patriarchal society

Question 35

difference feminism views on the family

Answer 35

• all women experience different things in the family and so cannot say it is all bad
• other feminists argue that difference feminism neglects that all women share many of the same experiences in the family

Question 36

personal life perspective on families

Answer 36

criticises all other theories for
- tend to assume that the traditional nuclear family is the dominant type
- all structural theories

also takes a wider view of the family considering friendships, gay and lesbian choosen families and relationships with pets (focus on the meanings people give their relationships and what they consider family)