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Why do we have families?

A 
Ascribed status
Role models 
protection
Nurturing
Primary socialisation
Financial support 
Emotional support
Reproduction
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Define the family

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A group of consisting of parents and children living together in a household

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Define cereal packet family

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Society’s idea of the family through adverts ect

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Define empty shell marriage

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The parents are together for their kids but are unhappy

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How has the family changed since the 1950s?

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House husband 
Adoption risen 
Cohabitation increase
Women breadwinner
Divorce decrease
Paternity leave
Intra racial relationships
Matriarchal family
Same sex couples
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What is family diversity?

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Not having one dominant family type as modern household arrangements are far too complicated

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What is the extended family?

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All kin including and beyond the nuclear family

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What is the classic extended family?

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Sharing the same household or live close by

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What is the modified extended family?

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They live far apart but keep in touch

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What is the beanpole family?

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Long and thin and multi generational family with fewer children but their living together

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What is a cohabiting family?

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A couple who live together but are not married

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What is the reconstituted family?

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One or both partners have previously married with children from previous relationships

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What is a lone parent family?

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Single parent with dependent children through choice or relationship breakdown

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What is a symmetrical family?

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Authority and household tasks shared equally

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What is it called when couples have a household each but maintain a close partnership?

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Living apart together

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What is the nuclear family?

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Just the parents and children, living together in one household. Two generational

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What is monogamy?

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Having one partner at a time

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What is a serial monogamy?

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A series of relationships consisting of one partner at a time

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What is polygamy?

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Having more than one partner at the same time

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What is polygyny?

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When a husband has more than one wife

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What is polyandry?

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When a wife has more than one husband

22
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What is secularisation?

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The decline in religion

23
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What year was the divorce reform act?

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1969

24
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What year was homosexuality legal to over 21s?

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1967

25
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What year was the civil partnership created?

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2004

26
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What year was gay marriage legal?

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2013

27
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What year was the equal pay act?

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1970

28
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When did rape become illegal in marriage?

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1991

29
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When was the 1st wave of feminism?

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1900s when they tried to get the vote

30
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When was the second wave of feminism?

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1960/70s when they promoted social equality, equal pay and oppertunity

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What was the NHS created?

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1940s

32
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When was the contraceptive pill available for married women and when for all women?

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1961

1967

33
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When was abortion legalised?

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1967

34
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In 1960s how many married women were full time housewives?

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2/3 which reduced to 1/2 in 1970

35
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When was homosexuality decriminalised?

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1967

36
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When was child support agency established?

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1993 to chase absent fathers for money

37
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When was new deal providing financial support for childcare?

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1998

38
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When was the human rights act stopping attacks on lone parents?

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1998

39
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When was the civil partnership introduced?

A

2004

40
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When could same sex couples adopt?

A

2004

41
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When was same sex marriage legal?

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2013 by the coalition government

42
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When was the cut to social care budget for elderly?

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2015

43
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In 2016 what % of households were nuclear

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25%

44
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Advantages of polygamy

A 
Wealthier 
More kids
Don’t ahve to split inheritance 
More role models 
More emotional support 
Share domestic work
45
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Disadvantages of polygamy

A 
Jealousy
Less attention from parent 
More expensive 
Higher chance of std
Exploits men/women
46
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Factors causing family to change

A 
Changing norms and values 
Legal changes 
Economic changes 
Changing in technology 
Feminism
47
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Family in 1950

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Nuclear family dominant and clear division of labour
Marrying young for life is norm, difficult to divorce
On average women completed chores for 11 hours a day, 7 days a week

48
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Family in 1960s/70s

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Equal pay act 1970 
Second wave feminism
Contraceptive pull for married 1961
All women 1967
1960s 2/3 women full time housewife
1970 reduced to 1/2
Decriminalisation of homosexuality 1967

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