Topic 3 - The Functionalist Perspective of the Family Flashcards
what does Murdock argue about the basic functions of the family?
- Stable satisfaction of the sex drive
- Reproduction of the next generation-without this society cant continue
- Socialisation of the young
- Meeting the economic needs- eg: food and shelter
Parsons sees industrial society as having two needs
A GEOGRAPHICALLY MOBILE WORKFORCE-It is easier for the nuclear family to move, as of modern society
AND A SOCIALLY MOBILE WORKFORCE -Nuclear Family is best for this . in the extended family , fathers see their sons grow up and achieve a higher ascribed status
parsons loss of functions
**when society industrialises the family loses its functions
the nuclear family performs two functions : the primary socialisation of the children- teaching them societies values
the stabilisation of adult personalities -the family is a place where adults can release tensions
proletariat
usually working class
bourgeoise
usually upper class
liberal feminists
campaign for equal rights and against sex discrimination
women’s oppression is becoming overcome
Marxist feminists
main cause of womens oppression is capitalist society
eg: women reproduce the labour workforce, women absorb anger,
radical feminism
society is ruled by patriarchy, the division is between men and women
men are the enemy
the family and marriage are the key institutions - men benefit from womens domestic labour and their sexual services
THEY BELIEVE IN SEPARATISM- WOMEN LIVING THEIR LIFE INDEPENDANTLY OF MEN
Difference feminism
mc, wc, heterosexual and lesbian black and white women live their have different experiences of family life
inheritance of property
in modern society, capitalist class control:societys productive forces
What did marx call the earliest classless society?
primitive communism, in this society there was no private property
units of consumptions
advertisers use fsmilies to buy the latest products eg: they used to have consumer goods etc and hire purchase to buy products on credit
the media targets children , who persuade their parents to spend more
children have must haves Eg: peer pressure/ fitting in with the crowd
