Theories Of The Family Flashcards

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Marxism

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Family helps to maintain capitalist society through

  1. Inheritance of property (Engels)
  2. Ideological functions (Zaretsky)
  3. A unit of consumption
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Inheritance of property

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Engels
When a rich parent dies, the child inherits the money
The bourgeoisie is maintained

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Ideological functions

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Zaretsky
The proletariat can have control within their family
The working man comes home and relieves all of his frustration of his low status on his family
He then accepts that he is being oppressed

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Criticisms of the Marxist view

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Ignores any family type that is not the nuclear family
Ignore gender inequalities within the family (feminist)
Ignore positive functions

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General functionalist perspective

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Use the metaphor of the body

The family is an essential part (e.g. Heart)

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Murdock’s 4 functions of the family

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Sexual
Reproductive
Economic
Educational

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Parson’s 2 functions of the family

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Primary socialisation

Stabilisation of personalities

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Criticisms of functionalist view

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Murdock ignores alternative households and disharmony
Ignores exploitation of women (feminist)
Ignores negatives within the family

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General feminist view

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Focus on the power men hold over women

Look at women’s contribution to society

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Marxist feminist

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Women are exploited within capitalist society
Ainsley-women’s function is to release the men’s frustration of being oppressed
Beechy-women care for the current and future workers & are a cheap reserve army of labour

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General liberal feminist view

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Seek equal rights for men and women

There is progress (Sex discrimination act) but it’s still not equal

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Radical feminist view

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Men are dominant and oppress women

Delphy&Leonard-purely benefits patriarchy at the expense of women

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Criticisms of the feminist view

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Radical feminists ignore the progress that has happened

Women remarry so they obviously want a relationship with a man

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