New Right

Question 1

Men are…

Answer 1

…Instrumental. Authority figures and providers

Question 2

Women are…

Answer 2

…Expressive. Expressive, nurturing and providers of affection

Question 3

What do they feel society is threatened by?

Answer 3

Rising divorce rate, lone parents, cohabitation, and homosexual couples. They disapprove of any form of unconventional family.

Question 4

Rising divorce rate, lone parents, cohabitation, and homosexual couples are all…

Answer 4

…threats to society

Question 5

What are examples of people who undermine society?

Answer 5

Pregnant teenagers, drug and alcohol abusers and younger people who don’t give enough respect to older people

Question 6

What do the new right see as the main cause of delinquent young men?

Answer 6

Single mothers as they lack a father figure.

Question 7

What does Murray argue?

Answer 7

Welfare support for single mothers encourages them to have children they otherwise couldn’t afford

Question 8

Who argues that welfare support for single mothers encourages them to have children they otherwise couldn’t afford

Answer 8

Murray

Question 9

What do benefits lead to?

Answer 9

A dependency culture where people choose not to work and crime and drugs are prevalent

Question 10

What is dependency culture blamed on by the new right?

Answer 10

Benefits

Question 11

What is a dependency culture?

Answer 11

People who rely on benefits, don’t work and abuse drugs and commit crime