New Right Flashcards
Murray
Single mothers are unable to socialise their children into shared values
Aspects of gender does Murray focus on:
UK he said rising birth rates outside marriage, crime and youth unemployment were all signs that irresponsible attitudes in the underclass were affecting certain neighbourhoods
Advocates the nuclear family
Blames single parent mothers
Functional for women to fulfil the housewife rate
Dennis and Erods
Matriarchal households encourage criminal behaviour
Matriarchal backgrounds undermine traditional family structures - women are the dominant or central figures in family and social life.
Their focus is mainly on how fatherlessness and the decline of paternal involvement in child-rearing negatively impact boys’ development and societal cohesion
Weakened role of men - assert that in matriarchal backgrounds, men are marginalised, and their roles as fathers and authority figures are diminished
Impact on children - children raised in homes without a strong paternal presence are at a higher risk of poor educational outcomes, behavioural issues and delinquency, fatherless households contribute to cycle of dysfunctional poverty and crime
Social and moral decline - rise fo feminist movements and the acceptance of matriarchal family structures contribute to broader cultural shift away from traditional values
Schlafly
Direct criticism of the Feminist movement towards gender inequality, women should not be fighting to go to work.
Being a mother and a wife should be seen by women as the most fulfilling role theory will perform in their lifetime.
Women are the primary care giver - those roles are natural, assigned by God
Critics the liberal feminist movement ‘calls them negative’
Concerns to women choose work, not having children
Feminists suggest ‘ugly’ women can’t find a man to marry her
supported by Thatcher
IMPORTANT - When using Thatcher, you must say how she supported and was inspired by the New Right.
Her approach to gender was shaped by her conservative beliefs and personal experiences.
Upheld traditional values, including those related gender roles.
Despite being a female leader, she subscribed to many conservative ideals and the family and the roles of men and women within it.
Example: emphasis on Family, importance of the family as their bedrock of society, believed that stable family, typically with male breadwinner and female housewife, was vital to a healthy, functional society
Her policies generally did not focus on advancing gender inequality.
Example of mixed effects on women: Impact on women and No - gender reforms
