Fletcher 𝜗ৎ

What does Fletcher believe the nuclear family is?

Multifunctional- the functions of the family have increased

Essential functions

• Satisfaction of sexual needs

• Reproduction and raising children

Non essential functions

• Education- parents supplement learning in school, COVID

• Healthcare- increased knowledge of diet + exercise - greater role in health welfare state

Who would criticise Fletcher ideas?

• New right realist Murray

• Radical feminist Firestone

New right realist Murray

Decline of traditional family has led the government becoming a nanny state - today's society's family is not fully functional

Radical Feminist Firestone

Failing to look at the oppression of women today - family cannot be productive when women remain victims of patriarchal oppression - sexual needs + production of children highlight the continuous subordination of women - only free through separatism