Theory of the Nuclear Family

• Functionalism- parsons

  men and women have biological gender roles. men instrumental, women expressive.

  Serves two functions, the stabilisation of adult emotions and the socialisation of children.
• functionalism- popenoe

  biosocial reality and fits with traditional gender roles children in non-nuclear families will likely be scarred.
• functionalism- murdock

  study on 200 different societies and found nuclear family present of all showing it is universal.

  serves 4 functions- educative, sexual, reproductive and economic.
• New Right- schlafly

  children whose mother's go to work or don't have contact with mother leads to maternal deprivation. The best role for women is in the household looking after their partners and children.
• New right- Patricia Morgan

  there should be more state support for marriage through tax incentives.
• New right- Dennis and erdos

  children in non- nuclear families have worse education and health.
• New right- Murray

  lack of father figure and single parenthood (mothers) created emergence of underclass causes a dependency culture feom overly generous benefits- children would learn inadequate norms and values.
• Marxism- althusser

  Ideological state apparatus teaches capitalism is acceptable.
• marxism- zaretsky

  functions in capitalism. Socialisation of future workforce and acts as a unit of consumption.
• Marxism- Engels

  Raise legitimate male heirs so ruling class want to pass wealth to legitimate male heirs.
• Marxism- Cooper

  family is an ideological conditioning device so people don't question hierarchy in work.
• Marxist feminist- Ansley

  Women are takers of 💩
• Marxist feminist- Benston

  womens role in nuclear family helped ruling class in two ways- men can be fresh for work and it socialises future workforce.
• Marxist feminist- Crompton

  class reproduction children born w.class family taught to succeeds in w.class jobs.
• radical feminists- Dunscombe and marsden

  family is patriarchal- men have most power.
• radical feminists- Hardill et al

  Study and found that m.class women deferred to their husbands on big decisions.
• radical feminists- stanko

  in uK act of domestic violence occurs every 6 seconds.
• radical feminists- Johnson

  Patriarchal terrorism- men have control of women's actions (threat of violence)
• Liberal feminists- somerville

  women now have more choice in relationships.
• Liberal feminsist- Oakley

  gender role socialisation
• Liberal feminists- sue sharpe

  70s and 90s
• preference theory- Hakim

  women likely to be more focused on family and choose to be more focused.
• individualisation/ postmod- Bernardes

  families of choice- people are not influenced by others.
• individualisation/ postmod- Giddens

  Confluent love- respect within a relationship and so neither one is oppressed- no such thing as a best family type.