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Greer
Radical feminist — Argues for a matrilocal household, having heterosexual relationships is ‘sleeping with the enemy’.
Ansley
Women are ‘takers of shit’ in the family
Murdock
4 functions of the family
Stabilisation of sex drive
Reproduction
Socialisation
Economic
Parsons
Extended family moved to nuclear family as there was a need for a geographically mobile workforce.
Zaretsky
Family provides an ideal function — a safe haven outside of the exploitation of capitalism
Althusser
Family is part of the ideological state apparatus
Engles
Family produces inequality by ensuring property and wealth stays within the hands of the rich via inheritance.
Smart
Personal life perspective — Family is more than just blood ties; includes pets, fictive kin, friends, dead relatives, donor families.
