TOPIC 1 - NEW RIGHT PERSPECTIVE

Question 1

Describe the NEW RIGHT PERSPECTIVE?

Answer 1

they have a CONSERVATIVE and ANTI-FEMINIST PERSPECTIVE on the family.
OPPOSED to FAMILY DIVERSITY
believe there’s ONLY ONE CORRECT or ‘normal’ FAMILY TYPE

Question 2

What do NEW RIGHT believe in the COUPLE ROLES?

belief about these roles

Answer 2

HUSBAND should have INSTRUMENTAL ROLE and ‘BREADWINNER’
WIFE should have an EXPRESSIVE ROLE, caring/NURTURING role.

These ROLES are IMPORTANT to ENTIRE CHILDREN are SOCIALISED PROPERLY

ROLES are BIOLOGICALLY PREDETERMINED

Question 3

What is the PHRASE that the NEW RIGHT believes the FAMILY being?

Answer 3

say the FAMILY is the ‘CORNERSTORE OF SOCIETY ‘ ; a place of refuge, contestant and harmomy

Question 4

What do NEW RIGHT believe about what FAMILY DIVERSITY leads to?

Answer 4

FAMILY DIVERSITY LEADS to SOCIAL PROBLEMS - crime, truancy, behavioral problems for children, poor housing, low educational qualification

Question 5

What did CHARLES MURRAY argue?

Answer 5

argues that the WELFARE STATE has UNDERMINED PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY and SELF-HELP and IMPORTANCE of SUPPORT from FAMILIES

see Decline of Traditional Family and Contributing to the Emerging DEPENDENCY CULTURE and a Wokrkshy UNDERCLASS which want to Avoid Work by Living Off Welfare Benefits

• underclass - developed the own norms and values that differed from the society, demonstrating criminal and anti-social behaviours

Question 6

What is the OAKLEY CRITICISM of the NEW RIGHT?

Answer 6

FEMINIST ANN OAKELEY - argues that the NR WRONGLY ASSUME that HUSBANDS and WIVES’ ROLES are FIXED by BIOLOGY

studies show great variation in the roles men and women perform within the family.

OAKLEY beleibes the NR view is a NEGATIVE REACTION AGAINGST the feminist campaign for WOMEN’S EQUALITY

Question 7

What are 2 other CRITICISMS of the NEW RIGHT VIEW?

Answer 7

• FORD AND MILLER suggest that the NR analyses STRONGLY IMPLY that POVERTY SINGLE MOTHERS EXPERIENCE is the RESULT of ‘ CHOOSING THEIR LIFESTYLE ‘
  rarely consider single parenthood may be preferable due to domestic violence
• FEMINISTS argue that the conventional NUCLEAR FAMILY favoured by the NR is BASED on the PATRIARCHAL OPPRESSION of WOMEN and is a FUNDAMENTAL CAUSE of GENDER INEQUALITY. prevents women from working