views on divorce Flashcards

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POSTMODERNISM view on divorce

(BECK AND GIDDENS)

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  • traditional norms have disappeared (e.g. having a partner for life)
  • relationships have become more fragile - as people are unwilling to remain in a relationship if it fails to deliver personal fulfilment
  • rising divorce rates normalises divorce and strengthens the belief that marriage exists solely to provide personal fulfilment
  • GIDDENS calls this the ‘pure relationship’ which is based on personal fulfilment rather than traditional values of duty or the sake of the children
  • individualist society encourages freedom to explore self-interest above anything else
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FEMINIST view on divorce

(JESSICA BERNARD)

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  • says many woman are dissatisfied with patriarchal marriages
  • many women work now and are particularly dissatisfied with the triple shift
  • more women petition for divorce than men, suggesting women reject the patriarchal opression
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THE NEW RIGHTs view on divorce

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  • high divorce rates undermine the nuclear family
  • its a threat to social stability
  • it creates a growing underclass of welfare dependent lone parent families
  • leaves boys without a male role model
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FUNCTIONALIST view on divorce

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  • a high divorce rate does not prove that marriage is under threat
  • it is simply a result of high expectations of marriage
  • the high rate of remarriages shows that society still values the idea of marriage
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