key terms 1 Flashcards
childhood
a socially defined age-status. (there are differences in how childhood is defined, both historically & between cultures)
conjugal roles
the roles played by husband and wife. (segregated roles are where husband=breadwinner & wife=homemaker and joint roles are where wife & husband perform tasks together)
domestic labour
work performed at home e.g., childcare & cooking
dual burden
when a person (usually a woman) is responsible for two jobs, often paid work and domestic labour
emotion work
the work involved in meeting the emotion needs of others.
expressive role
the caring, nurturing, ‘homemaker’ role in the family.
extended family
any group of kin (people related by blood, marriage or adoption) extended beyond the nuclear family e.g., grandparents or cousins
family structure
a group of people who live together as a family unit e.g., nuclear family & same-sex family
families of choice
people who are not necessarily related by blood or marriage but who feel a sense of belonging together as a family.
feminism
a sociological perspective and political movement that focuses on women’s oppression and the struggle to end it
functionalism
a consensus perspective in sociology that sees society as based on shared values into which members are socialised. it sees society as an organism, each part performing function to maintain the system as a whole.
household
a group of people who live together and share things / or one person living alone.
industrialisation
the shift from an agricultural economy to one based on factory production.
instrument role
the breadwinner or provider roles in the family.
interactionism
a perspective that focuses on small-scale interactions between individuals and groups, rather than large-scale workings of society.
marxism
a conflict perspective based on the ideas of karl marx, it sees society as divided into two opposed classes (the bourgeoisie exploits the proletariat).
nuclear family
a two-generation family of a man and woman and their dependent children.
patriarchy
feminists use this term to describe a society based on male domination; a system or ideology of make power over women.
separatism
a radical feminist idea that women should live independently of men as the only way to free themselves from patriarchal oppression.
structural theories
see individuals as entirely shaped by the way society is structured or organised e.g., functionalism sees society as socialising individuals into shared norms and values that dictate how they behave.
symmetrical family
a nuclear family with more equal and join conjugal roles, in which husbands participate in domestic labour as well as being breadwinners, and wives go out to work as well as being being homemakers.
