feminist view of the family

• Marxists contribution to our understanding of the family is not useful as it is too outdated and deterministic and ignores the positive side of the family.
• Marxists believe that the family has one function – to serve capitalism and that it does this in many ways for example, through the need for material goods and by spreading capitalism ideology.
• Post Modernists argue that Marxists focus on the nuclear family which is now in decline due to the choice available in today’s society.
• There are many criticisms of Marxists views of the family including that they are too deterministic and many views are outdated.
• Marxists ignore family diversity, lessening the contributions of their theories.
• Marxists believe that the family has one function – to serve capitalism and that it does this in many ways, such as through the need for material goods and by spreading capitalism ideology.
• Post Modernists argue that Marxists focus on the nuclear family, which is in decline due to the choice available in today's society.
• The contribution of Marxists to our understanding of the family is not useful as it is too outdated and deterministic and ignores the positive side of the family.
• There are many criticisms of Marxists' views, including that they are too deterministic and many of their views are outdated.
• Other sociologists have emphasised different functions that families may fulfil in society.
• For Functionalist sociologists, the family is an important institution in society.
• When it comes to checking the work again, it’s really easy to see what they’ve done to improve their work.
• Functionalist sociologists see the family as playing a number of important roles essential for the smooth running of society.
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• Using material from Item B and from your knowledge, evaluate the contribution of Functionalist views to our understanding of the family.
• Marxists contribute to our understanding of the family by highlighting the negative side of the family.
• There are many criticisms of Marxists views, including that they are too deterministic and many views are outdated.
• Marxists believe that the family has one function – to serve capitalism and that it does this in many ways, including through the need for material goods and by spreading capitalism ideology.
• Post Modernists argue that Marxists focus on the nuclear family which is in decline due to the choice available in today’s society.
• One criticism of Marxist Feminism is that women still earn less than 10% of male earnings.
• For Radical Feminists the root cause of oppression for women is capitalism.
• One criticism of Marxist Feminism is that it is too economically deterministic.
• The Marxist theory of family includes concepts such as Proletariat, Bourgeoisie, Infrastructure, Superstructure, Patrilineal descent, Evolution – extended to nuclear, Monogamy, Polygamy, Ideology, Family as unit of production/consumption, primary socialisation, Social control, Hierarchy, Authority, false consciousness, reserve army of Labour, inheritance of property, Consumerism, stabilisation of adult roles, Reproduction, Capitalism, gender roles, patriarchy.
• Liberal Feminism suggests that the family is becoming a less and less nice place to be in.
• The 'dual burden' or 'double shift' is when a woman has paid work but also has to do the domestic labour in the family.
• Marxist views of the role of the family can be examined on 13th October 2021.
• Engels believed that the emergence of the nuclear family – and one of its main functions – was to pass on wealth.
• Marxists believe that institutions ‘serve the interests of capitalism’.
• Radical feminists argue that Marxists ignore the exploitation of women within the family, focusing too much on class inequalities and ignoring the impact of a patriarchal society on women.
• Engels argued that the nuclear family benefitted only the bourgeoisie, as the rich stayed rich and the proletariat stayed poor.
• Through ‘pester power’, children manage to persuade their parents to buy them materialistic goods, benefitting capitalism as it keeps the bourgeoisie in business.
• With the emergence of capitalism, men needed to know who their children were in order to pass down their wealth, leading to the formation of nuclear families.
• Marxists have a conflict view of society, believing all institutions including the family have the main function to serve capitalism.
• Adults also want to keep up with the Joneses, wanting what their neighbours have, nice cars, holidays, flashcard>
• Marxists argue that the family acts as a unit of consumption, with advertising in the UK aimed at children due to their vulnerability.
• Due to their exploitation, the proletariat will never obtain this lifestyle, working hard for the bourgeoisie to try to obtain this life.
• Althussser’s view is too deterministic, as not all of the proletariat will accept this ideology and many will fight back and rebel against the system.