theories of the family

Question 1

Functionalism

Answer 1

FOR the family

Believe the functions a family offers work together to contribute to the general functioning of society.

Question 2

Marxism

Answer 2

AGAINST the family

They are critical of the family as they help to prop up capitalism

Question 3

Marxist Feminism

Answer 3

AGAINST the family
Family is not functional as women are forced to hold the family together, and support their husbands by concealing their anger which all contributes to capitalism.

Question 4

Radical Feminism

Answer 4

AGAINST the family
Family is not functional because they believe women are forced and are abused by their husbands to carry out certain roles and responsibilities in the family.

Question 5

New Right

Answer 5

FOR the nuclear family (only)
Believe this is the ideal family structure. They are critical of all the other family structures and contemporary trends.

Question 6

Postmodernism

Answer 6

FOR the family
They celebrate and value family diversity seeing it as an expression of individual choice, where they are not bound by tradition.

Question 7

Interactionalism

Answer 7

For the family

They believe the family is free to make their own choice of what family and who family is to them.