Marxist- role of family

Question 1

Zaretsky

Answer 1

Unit of consumption
-‘Kepping up with the Joneses’
-‘Pester power’
-Peer stigmitism

Ideal Functions
-Cushioning effect- women shield men from the exploitation of capitalism
-Rely on domestic servitude of women

1976

Question 2

Engels

Answer 2

Private Property
-Monogomous nuclear family created to secure means of production

Question 3

Marx