Marxism - family links to needs of capatilism

Question 1

INHERITANCE

Answer 1

AO1 - monogamy = emerged with capitalism (for bourgeoisie)
+ man in charge = ensures inheritance to heirs
AO2 - engles = patriarchal monogamous nuclear fam = women instrument for production of kids
✅AO3 - points out inequality of power between gender, age
❌AO3 - capitalist economies = best + gender economies

Question 2

SOCIALISATION TO CAPATILISM

Answer 2

AO1 - respect father authority = mirror wider society to respect boss in work
AO2 - althusser = fam is ideological state apparatus that convinces capitalism is fair/natural = reproduce capatilism
✅AO3 - explains ideological role of fam and structure
❌ simplistic + overlooks aspects of family

Question 3

REPRODUCE LABOUR

Answer 3

AO1 - women reproduce labour force (majority of childcare = responsible for socialisation to hierarchy)
AO2 - reserve army of labour - men cant demand high wages as women employed for cheaper
AO2 - ansley = release value women takers of shit, abuse from male stress (anger directed to capatilism) (fem version of parsons warm bath theory)
❌AO3 - women in reserve army = outdated = employment uk 2022 79% men 72% women
❌AO3 - hakim = outdated, they can choose to leave

Question 4

UNIT OF CONSUMPTION

Answer 4

AO1 - families = work hard for unessentials + high desirable expensive items
AO1 - ads = pester power = spend more
AO1 - kids social pressure = stigmatised if not trendy
AO2 - hochschild = family commodified (units that have to buy + work) = alienation at home
❌AO3 - only economic relation + simplistic

Question 5

CAPITAL

Answer 5

AO1 - economic capital = better education, resources + more likely to succeed
cultural capital = ‘right’ knowledge, cultural attitudes + understanding
social capital = relationships, influences + role models
❌AO3 - giddens - overlooks intersectionality of social identities (ethnicity, race, gender)
❌AO3 - connell - ethnocentric/western bias

Question 6

MARXIST FEMINISM

Answer 6

AO1 - capitalism = main oppression, equality by abolishing class
AO2 - reserve army of labour - men cant demand high wages as women employed for cheaper
AO2 - ansley = women takers of shit, abuse from male stress (anger directed to capatilism) (fem version of parsons warm bath theory)
❌AO3 - women in reserve army = outdated = employment uk 2022 79% men 72% women
❌AO3 - hakim = outdated, they can choose to leave