family diversity

Question 1

Murdock

Answer 1

-family diversity does not exist and the nuclear family is natural and universal

Question 2

Wilmott

Answer 2

-family diversity has been exaggerated but family structure has been changed to a dispersed extended family.

Question 3

Parsons(Functionalism)

Answer 3

-functional fit theory:
it is not diversity but the constant changing of family structures to meet the needs of society at that present time

Question 4

Murray(New Right)

Answer 4

-diveristy has caused the breakdown of our society and the only correct family type is the patriarchal nuclear family, with a clear division of labour between the husband(instrumental) and the wife(expressive)

Question 5

Postmodernism

Answer 5

-increasing diversity is a result of growing choice (relationships are now more “pure”) and globalisation (development in medicine and technology and female equality)

Question 6

Stacy(Feminism)

Answer 6

-growing diversity is a positve move for women because they can create family arrangements that meet their needs.

Question 7

Chester

Answer 7

-statistics are misleading regarding the extent of family diversity.
-the neo-conventional family (a nuclear family with a symmetrical division of labour between the man and the woman)is becoming more common.