Family Diveristy and Life Perpspective Flashcards

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What are some reasons for diversity?

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  • laws and policies
  • globalisation
  • Divorce Reform Act
  • changing position of women
  • change to norms and values
  • secularisation
  • freedom
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How is family diversity limited?

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  • ethnicity/damaging= mixing of cultures/religions may decrease traditional values, so some families don’t like to mix.
  • media portrayal= media shows families as being nuclear, so people will think this is norm/should have this.
  • cereal packet family tells society what family should be
  • only exists to an extent, as nuclear family is either always structure or end goal.
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what did DONZELOT say about family diversity?

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family diversity only exists because the government allows us to be.

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what did FAUCAULT say about family?

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  • family is under surveillance
  • due to diversity, government agencies and social institutions have increased monitoring of families.
  • extends to social surveillance
  • all aware we are watched/judged, so we conform to what is expected.
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what did the RAPOPORTS say about diversity?

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diversity is the heart of family life

diversity is of central importance in understanding today’s family life.

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What did STACEY say?

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  • we are no longer controlled by traditional relationship norms.
  • love is now conditional, partners needs are fulfilled, no longer settle for mediocre relationships.
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what did MORGAN say?

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a family is an arrangement that people choose to call their family.

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what did CAROL SMART say about the term family?

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  • ‘family’ replaced by ‘personal life.’
  • ‘family’= too restrictive
  • family comes with expectations
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what is ‘LIFE COURSE PERSPECTIVE’

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= we move in and out of different family structures, as we go through important life stages.
-usually ends up being settled in nuclear structure

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what did ALLAN AND CROWE theory say about family diversity?

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=until 1970s, we shared a standard life course, where males and females were expected to have certain roles.

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what did LEVIN say about family?

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=standard life course was ‘compulsory’ , and was seen as the ‘proper’ way to live.
-we have now shifted away from this compulsory life, and it is now a flexible course

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what are the 5 types of diversity according to the Rapoports?

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  • organisational
  • cultural
  • class
  • life course
  • cohort
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what is organisational diversity?

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differences in ways that family roles are organised.

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what is cultural diversity?

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different family structure based on cultural, religious and ethnic backgrounds.

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what is class diversity?

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income differences effect family structure and child rearing practises

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what is life stage diversity?

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different stages of life associated with different family structures?

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what is generational diversity?

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older and younger generations have different structures or views on the morality of family types