Sociologists Flashcards
Giddens
Family and marriage have been transformed by greater diversity
Dunne
Same sex couples are more likely to describe their relationship as equal-traditional gender roles do not apply
Willmott and young
Symmetrical family-men and women both do paid work, domestic work and childcare in modern times
Mitchell and goody
Decline in stigma around divorce-it is more acceptable so people are more likely to do it and normalise it
Dobash and dobash
Marriage legitimises violence against women by conferring power and authority on husbands and dependency on wives
Harper
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Rapoports
The increasing ethnic diversity of the uk population has contributed to a greater variety of family forms
Murray
The nuclear family is under threat. The disintegration of this family type leads to increasing levels of single parenthood and teenage pregnancies
Beck
“Risk society” tradition has less influence and people have more choice
Aries
Medical families did not show affection to their children and childhood was not recognised and valued as a distinct phase of human life
Smart
People now have more freedom to construct their own families and decide their own gamily relationships
Edgell
Women have more power in decision making than men
Parsons
The family is responsible for teaching the values and norms necessary for being part of society
Stacy
Greater freedom and choice benefited women enabling them to free themselves from patriarchal oppression and shape their family arrangements around what works for them and their needs
Engles
Capitalisms emergence created the nuclear family structure, so the bourgeoisie could pass down private property
Oakley
Gender roles are socially constructed and that they can vary across cultures and time periods
-children are socialised into “traditional gender roles”
