family diversity

Chester (1985)

argues the only important change is a move to the “neoconvential” family.

Oakley (1997)

argues the New Right wrongly assume husband and wives’ roles are fixed by biology

Rapoports (1982)

argue that diversity is of central importance in understanding British families today

Benson (2006)

found on his study that cohabiting couples that 20% of couples broke down compared to 6% of married couples

Stacey (1998)

argues that greater choice and freedom has benefitted women

Beck (1992)

‘standard biography’ replaced by ‘do-it-yourself biography)

May (2013)

argues that postmodernism is an ‘idealised version of a White, middle-class man’