Marxism

Question 1

What are the 3 functions of the family according to Marxists

Answer 1

Inheritance of property
Ideological control
Unit of consumption

Question 2

Define pester power

Answer 2

Media companies target children through advertisements making them persuade their parents to buy them it

Question 3

Define keeping up with the Jones’s

Answer 3

Family must keep up and have the best of the best in a capitalist society

Question 4

Criticisms of the Marxist view on families

Answer 4

Feminists would say they over focus on social class and capitalism where the real issue is with patriarchy

Ignores family diversity

Too deterministic: people don’t accept society’s norms nor do they socialise their children in a way to accept society’s norms

Question 5

What did Engels suggest

Answer 5

That one of the roles of the family is inheritance of property to maintain the class divide- rich would pass down their property to their offspring particularly their sons

Question 6

What did Zaretsky say about the family

Answer 6

That the family is a safe haven from society and the harsh realities of capitalism