Family Diversity Flashcards
What did Tlcott Parsons say about Family Diversity in the functionalist view?
He stated that there is a funtional fit between the nuclear family and the modern society. The nuclear family fits the new modernity.
What did the New Right say about the nuclear family and modernism?
They have a conservative and anti-feminist perspective. They are firmly opposed to family diversity. They hold the belief that there is only one correct family type.
What did Harry Benson say about the relationship between cohabitation and marriage?
He analysed data and found out that over the first three year of a baby’s life, the rate of family breakdown was very much higher among cohabiting couples.
What does Benson say about the stability of relationships?
Relationships are more stable when couples are married, because it requires a deliberate commitment.
Give a feminist critique of the New Right
The feminist Ann Oakley argues that the New Right wrongly assume that husbands and wives’ roles are fixed by biology. Instead, cross-cultural studies show great variation in the roles of men and women.
Criticise the new right
Critics of the new right argue that there is no evidene that children in lone parent families are more likely to end up as delinquents
Criticise the new right
New right view that marriage equals commitment while cohabitation does not is false because it depends on the meaning of the relationship involved.
What did Chester say about the neo conventinonal family?
Robert chester recognises that there has been some increased family diversity in the recent years. However, unlike the new right he does not regard this as very significant nor does he see it in a negative light.
What is the Neo Conventional family?
Chester defines the neo conventional family as a dual earner family in which both spouses go out to work and stuff.
What did the Rapoports say about the five types of family diversity?
Unlike Chester Rhona And Robert Rapaport say thatdiversity is of kep importance in understanding the family life today. They believe that we have moved away from the traditional nuclear family as the dominant family type to a range of different types.
Identify the five types of family diversity as said by rapaports.
- Organisational diversity.
- Cultural diversity
- Social class diversity
- Life stage diversity
- Generational diversity.
