Family Sociologists Flashcards
Ballard
Asian families are more traditional
Bhatti
Izzat (family honour)
Modood
Asian families are becoming less traditional
Bethuad
String independent black women
Chamberlain + Goulborne
Afro-Caribbean mothers more likely to be supported by extended kinship
Dale et al
Black women tend to remain in full time employment when had children
Asian women have decreased economy activity when with a partner and children
Rapoports
Family life in britian characterized by diversity
Foster
Extended family live close by for working class
Oakley
Middle class more symmetrical Idea of helping wife with houseowir implies it is her work
Fitzgerald + weeks
Children from same sex couples no different
Chester
Most people want marriage and children, happily ever after
Ashford
British have very traditional families
De’Ath
Tensions in reconstituted family as confused roles
Fureudi
Paranoid parents
Morgan
Cohabitation shows marriage going out of fashion
Beaujouan
Cohabiting before marriage is the norm
Hall
Freedom of being single, focus on career
Wilkinson
Genderquake
Giddenns
Confluent love - temporary, intense, fragile
Mcrae
Fear of divorce makes people reject marriage
Intimacy at a distance due to technology
Leach
Nuclear family has emotional overload
Crocket + Tripp
Normalisation of divorce
Kiernan + Mueller
Financial problems cause divorce
Amato
Risk factors for divorce e.eg. marrying young, different ethnic background
Kurz
Economic position of women restricts divorce
Allan + Crow
Divorce is now better for women financially
Gittins
Women are more dissatisfied with marriage
Thorne + Collard
Women expect more from marriage
Fletcher + Parsons
People demand more from marriage