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Wilmott

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  • 1988

- dispersed extended family are typical

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Brannen

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  • 2003
  • coined the term beanpole family
  • strong intergenerational links
  • weak intragenerational links
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O’Brien and Jones

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  • 1996
  • research in East London showed not one family type is dominant
  • family diversity is the norm
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Leech

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  • 1967
  • cereal packet image of the family
  • socially constructed model made from assumptions of how families should be
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Oakley

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  • 1960

- cereal packet image is too narrow and neglects other family types

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Thorne

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  • 1992

- cereal packet image is monolithic and ignores diversity

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Parsons

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  • 1955
  • nuclear family is a personality factory
  • gives adults maturity and is the key socialising agent for children
  • instrumental and expressive roles are necessary and positive
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DeVault

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  • 1999

- women do most the hidden work

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Dunscombe and Marsden

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  • 1995

- women do the emotion work

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British Household Panel Survey

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  • 2001

- no matter what the set up women still do more work in the home

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Dryden

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  • 1999

- gender inequalities in housework and childcare contributes to marital breakdown

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Gray

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  • 2006

- fathers were keen to spend quality time with children but long working hours prevent this

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Young and Willmott

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  • 1979
  • research in Bethal Green, inner London
  • the family is becoming symmetrical and roles are becoming more equal
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Silver and Schor

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  • 1993

- production of white goods has led to the death of the housewife

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Somerville

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  • 2000
  • liberal feminist
  • flexible working patterns are needed for both parents to fulfil roles of parent and worker
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Bell

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  • 2004

- teen mothers found having babies increased their self esteem

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Edgell

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  • 1980
  • men decided important things ( moving house )
  • women decided unimportant things ( interior design )
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Study by UCL

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  • 2015

- most popular discussions in mothers forums were around mental health

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Dermott

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  • 2003

- shift from breadwinner role to intimate fathering role

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Thompson

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  • 2005
  • 39% of fathers viewed the breadwinner role as the most important part of fatherhood
  • 80% of fathers were happy to stay at home and do childcare
  • 65% still viewed women as naturally better
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Hatter

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  • 2002
  • enforcer dad is the disciplinarian, breadwinner and traditional role
  • entertainer dad does chores while the dad plays
  • useful dad follows the mothers leads
  • fully involved dads are hands on and equal in all aspects of childcare
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Wagg

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  • 1992

- humans go through similar physical stages of development but different cultures define it differently

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Jenks

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  • 2005
  • modern society parenting is child centered
  • children are the anchor of the family as divorce rates are at a high
  • they are the only consistent and stable thing
  • parents are more fearful for their children
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Postman

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  • 1994
  • childhood is disappearing
  • due to mass media which exposes children to the adult world
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Pilcher

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  • 1995

- most important feature of childhood is separateness from adulthood

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Beck

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  • 1992

- children have a hold over adults known as the dictatorship of neediness

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Dobash and Dobash

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  • 1980
  • 109 interviews of women living in refuges for battered women
  • 2 attacks per week
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Giddens

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  • 1992
  • relationships are no longer based on romance
  • this is influenced by plastic sexuality
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Beck 2

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  • 1995
  • plurality and conflicting understandings
  • people are forming their own meanings of relationships
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Bauman

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wrote a book called liquid love and argues society is much more individualistic

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Zaretsky

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  • 1976
  • nuclear family aids capitalism as male workers vent to their wives
  • its a unit of consumption
  • teach children working class norms and values
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Poulantzas

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  • 1996

- the family is an ideological conditioning service to teach children to be passive

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Engels

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  • private property aids capitalism as it keeps the rich rich due to inheritance
  • workers are exploited but distracted by materialism
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Bernstein

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  • neo marxists in the 70’s
  • upper class have an elaborate code fo speech
  • working class have a restricted code of speech
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Dale et al

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  • 2004
  • black, British women stayed in employment after childbirth
  • white and Indian women work part time
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Charles Murray

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  • the underclass are responsible for disorder and crime
  • long term unemployed, single parent, teen mothers
  • stuck in a cycle of welfare dependency
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Patricia Morgan

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nuclear family is under threat because of:

  • cohabitation
  • divorce
  • children born out of marriage
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Bordieu

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3 types of capital that benefit UC:

  • economic and ascribed status
  • cultural capital
  • social capital
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David `Cooper

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the family inhibits self development and conditions members of society to submit to authorities

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Modood

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young south asians are less likely than their elders to speak their mothers tongue

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Singh

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studied Sikh community and found collectivism tradition is being replaced with individualism due to secularisation

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Rapoport and Rapoport

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found 5 types of family diversity:

  1. organisational
  2. cultural
  3. class
  4. life course
  5. cohort
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Giddens 2

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’ individual thesis ‘ - individual choice dictates family relationships and fixed roles no longer exist

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male lone parent families

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men only account for 9% of lone parent families

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grandparents

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1/3 grandparents have a dependent child living with them

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divorce reform act

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  • 1969

- no longer had to prove fault

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women killed per week

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2 in England and Wales due to domestic violence

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domestic violence incidents reported

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35% of incidents are reported

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domestic violence during pregnancy

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30% starts or intensifies

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male victims of domestic violence

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1 in 6

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2 biggest increasing household types

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single person and lone parent family

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marriage trends

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  • increase in 2nd/3rd marriages
  • people are getting married on average 8 years later
  • 2010 saw marriage rate increase (royal wedding)
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birth rate

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fallen since 20th century due to contraception, women rights and choice

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