Problems with functionalist and new right ideas

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Why are feminists critical of these ideas?

The way in which the privatised nuclear family is organised leads to a negative experience for women and children

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What is an example of the negative experiences faced by women and children?

Until the 80s domestic violence was ‘swept under the carpet’, reflecting traditional views that what went on in the home was private

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What sociologists tried to explain the structural causes of violence against women and children?

  • Ansley (marxist feminist)

  • Dobash and dobash (radical feminist)

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What is the evidence of the ‘dark side of the family’?

  • 1/5 adults 16+ had experienced domestic abuse since the age of 16

  • the national domestic abuse helpline delivered 50,000+ support sessions in the year ending march 2022