families and households

Functionalist family role

supports society and individuals

Murdock's 4 functions

F sexual reproductive economic education

Parsons' 2 functions

F primary socialisation stabilisation

Functionalist Warm bath theory

family relieves adult stress

Marxist view of family

M family supports capitalism

Marxist Engels on family

Family keeps wealth in ruling class

Zaretsky on family

M family is a haven illusion

Marxist Althusser

family teaches ruling class ideas

Feminist view of family

Family oppresses women

Liberal feminist Oakley on housework

No evidence of symmetry

Dobash and Dobash on DV

RF from male authority

Delphy and Leonard view

RF men benefit from unpaid work

Ansley quote

MF women are takers of shit

Marxist Feminists Benston

unpaid work supports capitalism

Barrett on ideology

Marxist feminist ideology keeps women in family

Difference feminist view

Experience varies by class and race

Domestic division of labour

Split in housework and childcare

Instrumental role

F male breadwinner

Functionalist Expressive role

female emotional support

Joint conjugal roles

Partners share roles

Segregated roles

Traditional separate roles

Symmetrical family

Similar roles and work

Triple shift

Women do paid housework emotional work

Domestic violence defined

Control or harm by partner

Childhood now

Seen as separate protected

Aries on childhood

Childhood is a modern idea

March of progress view

Childhood is improving

Conflict view of childhood

Not good for all children

Postman on childhood

PM media reduces childhood

Gittins on age patriarchy

Adults dominate children

Functionalist on ageing

Elderly still have roles

Beanpole family

Few children many generations

Empty nest family

Parents without kids at home

LAT relationships

living apart together

Family diversity types

increasing

New Right on family

NR supports traditional nuclear family

Chester NR view

most people experience nuclear family

Rapport and Rapport

5 types of family diversity

Secularisation effect

Religion decline changes family

Gender role changes

Women work more men share care

Marriage trends

Less marriage more cohabitation

Divorce trends

Divorce increased since 1970s

Reasons for divorce changes

Laws norms roles expectations

Birth rate trend

Birth rate is falling

Reasons for low birth rate

Contraception careers cost

Death rate trend

Death rate is falling

Reasons for low death rate

Healthcare and hygiene

Migration impact on family

More family diversity

Net migration defined

Immigration minus emigration

Dependency ratio

Non workers to workers

Household size trend

Households getting smaller

Life expectancy trend

People live longer