Family- Terms Flashcards
Dependency ratio
Relationships between the size of the working population and the non-working/dependent on the state population
Instrumental role
The breadwinner, provider and protector, functionalist a argue that biologically this is a role of a male
Underclass
Those at the lowest level of class structure, below the working class- separate,deviant subculture and lifestyle
Stigma
Negative label of disapproval, discredit or shame to a person, group or characteristic this leads to exclusion from social interaction
Reserve army of labour
Groups that can be brought into the workplace when there is a shortage
LATs
Living apart together- intimate relationship with a partner who lives somewhere else
Triple shift
Triple burden of housework, emption work and paid work
Dependency culture
Where people assume the state will support them rather than relying on their own efforts
Age patriarchy
Child liberationist say that children are the victims of adult domination
Empty shell marriages
A couple continues to live under the same roof but as separate individuals
Familism
Only focusing on the demands and needs of the family instead of personal interests
Fertility rate
Average number of children a woman with have during her fertile years
Divorce extended families
Members connected by divorce rather than marriage
Toxic childhood
Cultural changes have damaged children’s physical, emotional and intellectual development eg video games
Functional fit
With industrialisation the structure of family became nuclear to fit the needs of the industrial society
Family practises
Routine actions through which we create our sense of being a family member
Emotion work
Work involved in meeting the emotional needs of other people
Structural differentiation
Because of industrialisation some of the functions of the family are lost and agencies such as the NHS carry them out
Death rate
The number of deaths per thousand of the population per year
Patriarchy
“Rule by the father”- male dominated
Pooling
Where both parents have access to income and joint responsibility for expenditure
Conjugal roles
Roles played by the husband and wife- segregated roles where the husband is the breadwinner and the wife is the homemaker
Separatism
Radical feminists’ idea that woken should live independently from men to free themselves from the oppression
Pure relationship
One which exists solely to met each partner’s needs, couple stay together for love, happiness or sexual attraction rather than tradition
