Sociology Authors: Family Flashcards
What is Functionalist Murdock’s Arguement?
4 functions of the nuclear family.
1. Sexual - Sex Drives into relationships and Marriage.
2. Economic - The family provides with food and services using money.
3. Reproduction - Children are born
4. Education - Children learn norms and values through primary socialisation
What is Functionalist Parsons arguement?
The nuclear family is important in socialising children to learn norms, values and develop a personality. It is also important in stabilising adult personalities through emotional support in the relationship
What is Neo-functionalist Popenoe’s argument
Women are suited for an emotional nurturing role whilst men are instrumental where they work and provide for the family
What is New Right Author Murray’s arguement?
Underclass has emerged where they are welfare dependent and lazy. Lone parent families with only a mother figure mostly take up the underclass. Lone Parent families damage children who will miss out on primary socialisation and will most likely become a deviant.
What is New Right Dennis and Erdos arguement?
Children raised by lone parent families have lower educational ability, have poorer health and are more likely to be deviants.
What is Radical feminist Delphy and Leonards Arguement?
Nuclear Family is a form of patriarchal control where women work unpaid labour and their finances and actions are controlled by men.
What is Marxist Feminist Benstons arguement?
- Women ensure emotional and sexual needs of husband are kept in check and the house is cared for.
- Women raise children and impose Gender norms to benefit capitalism.
What is Lib Feminist Somerville’s arguement?
5% of people in a relationship or family will never get married
What is Marxist Engels arguement?
Restriction of Monogamy and sexual preferences in women ensures Men are the appropriate heirs of property who have took over from women. communism would provide that the domestic role would be socialised
What is Marxist Zaretsky’s Arguement?
Family supports Capitalism in 2 Ways
1. Birthing children to work for the capitalist system at only the cost of the family and not the capitalist employer.
2. The family is a consumer which consumes capitalist products created by the capitalist system.
What is Marxist Cooper’s Argument?
Family relationships reflect property relationships of capitalist system seen in parents and children where they feel like they own their children. Children are socialised to accept their place and the inequalities they face due to the capitalist system.
What is Marxist Cromptons Arguement?
Children end up in similar class position to their parents. Working class have less opportunities compared to upper class in terms of education and financial support.
What is postmodernist Morgan argument?
Focus on intimate relationships and family practices such as what it means for the individual
What is postmodernist Finch’s argument
Family display, what the family does to look like a family like family photos or a wedding.
What is Postmodernist Beck and Beck Gersheim argument?
People choose certain things based on risk e.g. Risk of marriage or having children. No longer constrained by social expectations like social class.
What is postmodernist Giddens argument
Relationships now share confluent love where they rely on emotional needs being sustained.
What is postmodernist lyotards arguement?
We seek information that applies for us as an individual in the form of the family.
What is postmodernist Stacey’s arguement?
Diversity allows people lifestyles to change for the better
What are The ONS statistics for the nuclear family
The nuclear family is the most common family found in the UK
What is the divorce reform act 1969?
Law which allowed women to file for a divorce
What is the divorce reform act 1969?
Law which allowed women to file for a divorce
What are the ONS statistics for cohabitation?
There has been a significant increase from 5.8% to 11.7% of cohabitating families in 2012
What are the ONS statistics for Fertility rate
average children per family has went from 5.5 in 1870 to 1.7 in 2012
What are the ONS statistics for Fertility rate
average children per family has went from 5.5 in 1870 to 1.7 in 2012
What is beajouan and Bhrolchains argument on the rise in cohabitation?
Marriages that involve cohabitation first are normally stronger and usually cohabitation comes first before marriage
Why has there been a decrease in marriage?
Divorce reform 1969 allows women to divorce
Gradual decrease in marriages since the 1970s
People may not get married but have multiple relationships with the same person
What is dunscombe and mardens argument on the trend in divorce?
After 7 years in a relationship women become annoyed with men lacking responsibility in the household
What is allan and crowes argument on trends in divorce?
More women are pursuing divorce as relationships may not be fulfilling
What is Gibson argument on the trend in divorce?
Society is becoming secularised and therefore marriage is less important than divorce
What is fletcher argument on the trend in divorce?
More people seek divorce and avoid marriage as marriages have greater expectations
What is Giddens 2 arguments on trends in divorce
People seek relationships that are fulfilling and will leave if they won’t
We reflect more on relationships that are actually valuable
What is hall et als argument on singlehood
People who are single describe relationships more positively
What is Longford argument in the role of women within family diversity?
Marriage is still a long term goal for most women
What is Jamie et al argument on explanations of family diversity?
Some families use cohabitation as a form of commitment to marriage
What did the British social attitudes survey say about attitudes towards marriage and family diversity
1989 - states that 71% of people still think that people who want kids need to get married
What is new right morgans argument on decline in traditional values to explain family diversity
Families lack the state support for marriage which is why there is a decline in marriage
What is gillies argument on social class family diversity
Higher class parents pay for child’s activities to develop social skills needed to succeed in interviews
What did platt say about south asian family diversity
South Asian families are usually extended as they are way larger than white families
What did ballad say about south asian family diversity
Families are bigger and have a bigger focus on gender roles and family honour
What did berthoud say about south asian family diversity
Asian families are more traditional than white families
What did chamberlain day about African Caribbean family diversity
African families are usually extended which can be beneficial when lone parents need help
What did weeks et al say about sexuality in families?
Same sex families relationships are more meaningful and are more chosen
How are African families diverse
Usually lone parent families that are mother centred
What is calhouns argument on sexuality within the family
Same sex families are outlaws as they defy family tradition
How has family sexuality chsnged
In 2013 gay marriage was legalised
Greater cultural acceptance of same sex families
What is Chesters argument on families not being diverse
Non nuclear families still have a nuclear family structure
What is leaches argument on how families are diverse?
Family diversity has seen an increase however in the media it is still seen as the norm
What is greors argument on supporting family diversity
Women seek non patriarchal norms within their relationships
What is brtsy stankos argument on domestic violence
Domestic violence happens every 6 seconds and are reported every minute whilst women are the primary victim
What is hardhill et al argument on power in relationships?
Women mainly answer to men when they need to make a big financial decision
What is hakims argument on the division of labour
Women do around the same amount of work than men if unpaid work is included
What is dunscombe and mardens argument on the domestic division of labour
Women work a triple shift which includes caring for children the house and the husband along with paid work
What is Sue Palmers argument on toxic childhood
Children are not restricted from unhealthy food and devices which has damaged their health
How do parents still hold power over children
Ageism where children lack power in family due to their age
What is Ross et al argument on rise in grandparenting
Children could depend and were positive towards grandparents
What is chambers argument on grandparenting?
Grandparenting still very gendered where women are more responsible
What is Rias argument on grandparenting
5.8million parents rely on grandparents and they save 11 billion in childcare costs
What is cunninghams argument on modern childhood
Children’s home habitat is shrunk due to parents keeping them safe
What is pester power
Children get their way by pestering their parents
