Ideologies

Question 1

Murdock

Answer 1

4 functions

Sexual
Reproductive
Economic
Socialisation

Question 2

Parsons

Answer 2

Functional fit theory
Unit of consumption
SOAP
Structural differentiation

Question 3

Willmott and Young

Answer 3

The family has become privatised, nuclear and more symmertrical

Question 4

Murray

Answer 4

Welfate state creates dependancy culture and underclass

Benefits = perverse incentive

Question 5

Dennis and Erdos

Answer 5

Single parent families are detrimental to society

Question 6

Engels

Answer 6

Monogemous nuclear family allows for intheritance of wealth

Question 7

Zaretsky

Answer 7

Family is a buffer zone + unit of consumption

Question 8

Althusser

Answer 8

Ideological state apparatus part of a superstructure

Question 9

Donzelot

Answer 9

WC families are heavily policed

Question 10

Sommerville

Answer 10

Position of women in families has improved thanks to law

Question 11

Ansley

Answer 11

Women are takers of shit

Question 12

Dobash and Dobash

Answer 12

Marriage is patriarchal and legitimises violence against wives

Question 13

Dunne

Answer 13

Lesbian couples are more equal due to lack of gender scripts

Question 14

Stacey // Meadow

Answer 14

Women are better off in postmodern society, more choice + freedom

Question 15

Oakely

Answer 15

Women experience a duel burden

Question 16

Mirza

Answer 16

MC women are superwoman, WC women are bad mothers

Question 17

Backette

Answer 17

Family life is negotiated , 2 way socialisation

Question 18

Clarke

Answer 18

Marriage is different for everyone

Drifting, struggling, establishing and surfacing couples

Question 19

Hareven

Answer 19

Life course analysis is more useful than life cycle

Recognises the diversity in the life course