Personal Life Pers On Fam Flashcards
1
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PLP
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Assume that traditional nuclear fam is the dominant family type
Structural theories - assume that families and their members are simply passive puppets manipulated by the structure of society to perform certain functions e.g. provide economy with mobile labour force or serve need of capitalism or men
2
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Petra Nordqvist + Carol Smarts (2014)
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Research on donor-conceived children explores “what counts as family when your child shares a genetic link with a ‘relative stranger’ but not with your partner?”
3
Q
Nordqvist + Smart
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Found that issue of blood and genes raised a range of feelings. Some parents emphasised the importance of social relationships over genetic ones in forming family bonds.
