FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLDS

Question 1

murdock - func

Answer 1

• universal nuclear family
• 4 functions (sexual, ecenomic, reproduction, socialisation)

Question 2

talcott parsons - func

Answer 2

• secondary socialidation
• stabalisation of adult personalitites
• sexual division of labour

Question 3

functionalism critscisms

Answer 3

• out of date
• ignores exploitation of women

Question 4

althusser - marx

Answer 4

ISA - insures obedience abd conformity amongst w/c

patents socialise their children into acceptable behaviours created by r/c

which is policed through institiutions such as education

Question 5

engles - marx

Answer 5

family has evolved due to private ownership of property
the need for heirs to pass down property is needed to control the development of monogomous relationship

patrilineal ingeritance - in order to ensure a childs father, monogomous relationships are formed to protect claims of their property

Question 6

zartskey - marx

Answer 6

aregued that family life gave proletarian men something they could control and a space where they could be the boss (warm bath theory)
‘they are only able to torelate the powerlesseness and frustration of being exploited at work becasue they could take out their stress and frustration at home

Question 7

critiscisms of marxism

Answer 7

• assuems the passive acceptance of capitalsim
• ignores the positive aspects of the family

Question 8

liberal femenists

Answer 8

focus on striving for legal equality between the sexes

argue that most of the inequalities in families have been battled

Question 9

radical fementists

Answer 9

dont belive tht changing law will ever be enough on its own

they argue mwn will always oppress women snd family is a vehicle of oppression

Question 10

marxist femenists

Answer 10

argue family help to preserve bothe capitlism and patriarchy

they point out that capitalism system gets the benefit of unpaid female labour as their work force ie. the next generation are looked after and fed to ensure they keep working.