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Define family

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Define household

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One person who live lone or a group of people who live at the same address + who share facilities

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What are all the types of family?

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Nuclear, extended, empty nest, vertically extended, horizontally extended, empty shell, lone parent, bean pole, reconstituted, same sex, cohabiting couple

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What is polygamy?

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Marriage to more than one person at a time

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What is polyandry?

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A woman having more than one husband at the same time

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What is polygyny?

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A man having more than one wife at the same time

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What are the reasons for lone-parent families?

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Divorce, greater social acceptance, welfare state benefits, changing attitudes to marriage, teen pregnancy, death of a partner

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What are the reasons for the increase in one person households?

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Ageing population, solo living among younger people, civil partnership act

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What are the expressive and instrumental roles and who explained this idea?

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Expressive- wife has the role of meeting the families emotional needs, socialising children

Instrumental- husband has the role of providing financial support for the family and achieving success at work

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What is the domestic division of labour

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Household work divided between family members

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Bott

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There are two types of conjugal roles: joint + segregated

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Oakley

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Idea of the dual burden: where women take on two jobs— career and housework

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Duncombe + Marsden

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Idea of the triple shift: where women take on three jobs— career, housework and emotional work

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What does the dark side of the family reef to?

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Domestic abuse

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What are the five types of abuse?

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Physical, psychological, neglect, sexual and financial

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What are criticisms of national statistics on domestic abuse?

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Inaccurate- as not everyone speaks up

Masculinity- not all men report due to embarrassment

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What are the 4 stages that the family have gone through?

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  1. Pre-industrial
  2. Early industrial
  3. Symmetrical family
  4. Principle of stratified diffusion
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What is the symmetrical family?

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A nuclear family where here are similar roles in terms of housework and decision making

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What are some features of the symmetrical family?

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Leisure time is shared, egalitarian, child-centred, dual career

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What are criticisms of the symmetrical family?

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Feminists question n option of symmetry as women are still oppressed by men in the family

There is an over-focus on harmonious families and real problems are ignored (domestic abuse)

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Define social construction.

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Something that is created + defined by society, rather than simply a biological state

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What is the ‘March of progress view’ on childhood?

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That childhood has improved, due to:
-laws protecting children
-better healthcare
-child-centred family
-own brands, media…

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Why is childhood seen to be unequal/toxic?

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Idea of toxic childhood, not all children have equal opportunities, adults controlling children

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What points are there to explain how childhood is socially constructed?

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-length of childhood varies between history+cultures
- status of children in different societies — rights + laws

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What points are there to support the view that hold hood is disappearing?
-same rights as adults -similarities between adult and children’s clothing -committing adult crimes
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How has childhood changed over the last century?
-child labour used to be common but isn’t now -children use more technology -changes in laws and rights for children
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What is the functionalists ideal family type?
Nuclear
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Why do functionalists favour the nuclear family?
-its beneficial and necessary for the smooth running of society -Murdock four functions -maintains social order and stability -constructs and maintains the economy -individuals benefit from emotional support of woman
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What are criticisms of the functionalist view of the family?
Feminists- family serves the needs of men and they family oppresses women Marxists- family meets the needs of capitalism, not the needs of family members + society as a whole
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What are the two needs of the industrial society?
Geographically mobile workforce + socially mobile workforce
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What is the Marxist perspective of the family?
-Family reproduces, nurtures and maintains a workforce to support capitalism -reproduces inequality + transmission of wealth between generations
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What are criticisms of the Marxist view of the family?
-Out-dated -They express a very negative view but family life can be harmonious and fulfilling - assume nuclear family is dominant family types and ignore wide variety of family types in society -underestimates the importance of gender inequalities
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What are the feminists views of the family?
The family is a patriarchal institution which reproduces the inequality of women
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Liberal feminist view on family
Best way to combat effects of patriarchy the family is by: - avoiding gender stereotyping during primary socialisation - implementing laws - prevention of sex discrimination - making maternity and paternity leave equal
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Radical feminist view on family
Men exercise power and control over women, men benefit from women’s unpaid domestic labour
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Marxist feminist view on family
Emphasises the way women are doubly exploited as workers and women
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What are the criticisms of the feminists view of the family?
- women’s roles aren’t the same in all families - changes in women’s employment gives them more independence - more women than men initiate divorce
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What are the postmodernist views of the family?
The family is more diverse and view focusses on the personal relationships within families -based on individualism- if family doesn’t serves needs one will leave
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What evidence is there for the rise in individualism?
- disintegration of the nuclear family - growing diversity of households - personal relationships in which people to choose to live
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What evidence is there for the decline in tradition?
- rising divorce rates - Cohabitation - multiple partners - stepfamilies - gay couples - births outside marriage
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What do intersectional feminists think of the family?
That not all women are the same and many dont live in nuclear families and have different experiences -women suffer from more Tahoe thing (class, gender, race…)
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What is the personal life perspective on the family?
To understand the family/family life we must look at the individuals and the meanings they give to their relationships - wider view of family: >relationships with friends >gay and lesbian families >pet >dead relatives >close friends
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what is demography?
a word for who makes up society + the study of statistics which illustrates the changing structure of human populations
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what is natural change?
the number of births - the number of deaths
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what is net migration?
the number of immigrants-number of emigrants
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what is birth rate?
number of live births per 1000 of the population per year
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what is total fertility rate?
the average number of children a woman will have in her fertile years
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what factors have contributed to Britains birth rate decreasing?
--changing position of women --fall in infant mortality rate --children as an economic liability --child-centredness
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what is dependency ratio?
the proportion of the population that is dependent on the welfare state in comparison with the population in employment
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what is general fertility rate?
the number of children born to women of a childbearing age in one year
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what are the causes of declined fertility rates?
--reliable birth control --feminisation in the economy
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what impacts has the change in fertility rates had?
--smaller families so women are more likely to go to work --fewer schools, child health + maternity services needed --ageing populaiton --less children= less dependency on WC parents
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what does death rate mean?
the number of deaths per 1000 of the population per year
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what are the population trends for deaths in the UK?
--number of deaths have remained the same over the past 100 years --death rate has fallen -- due to population increasing
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what has caused death rates to decrease?
--better nutrition- better knowledge of balanced diets= better health/fitness --medical improvements-- improved NHS, free healthcare + better treatments --public health-- improved and laws restricting harmful drugs --social changes-- better education, infrastructure and technology

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