Famiy

Question 1

Anne Oakley

Answer 1

Dual Burden

Women have to do both housework and paid work.

Question 2

Willmott & Young

Answer 2

Symmetrical Families

Conjugal roles in the home are now equal.

Question 3

Parsons

Answer 3

Functionalist -
2 functions not 4
- Socialisation
- Stabilisation of adult personalities

Women have expressive roles whereas men have the instrumental roles.

Question 4

Goode and Gibson

Answer 4

Secularisation

Has resulted in marriage becoming less sacred and less of a spiritual Union / less of a commitment.

Question 5

Thornes & Collard

Answer 5

Women have higher values than men

They value friendship and emotional gratification more than men.

Question 6

Parsons and Fletcher

Answer 6

Rising expectations of marriage

Now expect love, friendship, understanding etc.

Question 7

Hart

Answer 7

Divorce has increased due to women feeling frustrated with doing housework, paid work and providing emotional support.

Question 8

Wilkinson

Answer 8

The gender quake
Women’s attitudes towards marriage have changed.
Women are putting children and marriage on hold to establish careers.

Question 9

Morgan

Answer 9

Cohabiting couples are less happy and fulfilled than married couples.

Question 10

Sue Sharpe

Answer 10

Women’s changing needs
Survey on marriage and careers.
When they were young they wanted marriage compared to when they were older they wanted a career.

Question 11

Beck and Beck

Answer 11

Individualisation
People now have a choice to get married.
People focus on careers instead of relationships.

Question 12

Dunscombe & Marsden

Answer 12

Triple shift

Women are expected to do house work, paid work and provide emotional support to the family.

Question 13

Cheal

Answer 13

Same sex couples want to be recognised but don’t want to take on heterosexual norms.

Police don’t take domestic abuse seriously.

Question 14

Dunne

Answer 14

Children raised in same sex families are more likely to understand tolerance and equality in relationships.

Question 15

Dennis and Erdos

Answer 15

Fatherless families

Boys need a male figure/role model to be socialised correctly.

Question 16

Steele & Kidd

Answer 16

Warm bath theory (functionalist approach)

The family acts as a ‘warm bath’ taking the stress away from work.

Question 17

Sue Palmer

Answer 17

Toxic Childhood
Technology is destroying childhood.
Children are being exposed to the adult world.

Question 18

Pilcher

Answer 18

Divide between childhood and adulthood.

Children have different rights and duties from adults and are protected by special laws.

Question 19

Wagg

Answer 19

Childhood is socially constructed not biological.

There is no single universal childhood.

Question 20

Postman

Answer 20

‘Tweenagers’
Childhood is disappearing.
Growing similarity between adults and children’s clothing.

Question 21

Aries

Answer 21

‘Mini Adults’
Childhood is socially constructed
Looked at paintings from the Middle Ages.

Question 22

Cashmore

Answer 22

One good parent is better than two bad parents.

Question 23

Weeks

Answer 23

Social attitudes to homosexuality have changed.

It is now more acceptable.

Question 24

Gershuny

Answer 24

Working women so leading to more equality in the home.

Couples who parents has equal relationships were more likely to share housework.

Question 25

Burghes

Answer 25

Changing roles of fatherhood are evidence of equal roles.

Fathers now share housework/ child work whereas before there was no involvement.

Question 26

Murdock

Answer 26

Functionalist 
4 functions 
- sexual 
- reproduction 
- economic 
- socialisation

Question 27

Dobash & Dobash

Answer 27

Patriarchy causes abuse

Marriage legitimates it.

Question 28

Duncan and Phillips

Answer 28

LAT - living apart together

Due to choice and the cost of buying a new house.

Question 29

Beck & Beck

Answer 29

Individualisation
People now has a choice to get married.
People focus on careers instead of relationships.