sociology of the family

Question 1

example of radical feminist

Answer 1

shulamith firestone

Question 2

radical feminists take the view that….

Answer 2

• women may actually be better of without men entirely
• family and marriage restrict and oppress women
• women work a triple shift

Question 3

what do radical feminists say that the triple shift is?

Answer 3

a women doing a part time o full time job, the housework and the emotional support in the home constantly all together

Question 4

pure relationships

Answer 4

• theory by giddens
• when both parties enter a relationship with clear ideas of what they want, and if they do not get these things, they exit the relationship

Question 5

points that chambers makes

Answer 5

• nuclear family is still a powerful icon despite growing family diversity
• family isn’t in decline due to diversity

Question 6

points that roseneil makes

Answer 6

• hetero-norm is increasingly breaking down due to family diversity

Question 7

points that morgan makes

Answer 7

• (new right thinker)
• tax and benefits encourage lone parents
• marriages should not break up
• government supports lone parent families too much, being one of the reasons there are so many

Question 8

points that reynolds makes

Answer 8

• families greatly vary in structure

- visiting relationship are common

Question 9

points that giddens makes

Answer 9

• pure relationships allow people in abusive or toxic relationships to be free
• more people are having children because they seek pure relationships, and so are less likely to settle earlier in life

Question 10

visiting relationship

Answer 10

• a relationship in which one of the parties is situated far away or in a different country, and so they visit but do nt cohabit with the other party

Question 11

points that beck and beck gersheim make

Answer 11

• divorce rate is on an increase

Question 12

empty nest family

Answer 12

• family in which a child has left home, passed away or been taken from the parents

Question 13

beanpole family

Answer 13

• same as cereal packet family

- ideal picture perfect family (mother, father, son, daughter, and possibly one more young child)

Question 14

nuclear family

Answer 14

• hetero-norm family of mother an father with one child or more