Familys

• Parsons:

  Social theory: functionalist

  Secondary research

  2 key functions:

  ●Primary socialisation- children taught shared norms and values

  ●Stabilising of adult personality- warm bath theory relives stress of life
• Zaretsky:

  Social theory: Marxist

  Secondary Research

  The family serves capitalism though

  1. Womens unpaid labour
  2. Passing on advantages eg inheritance
  3. Unit of consumption
• Delphy and Leonard:

  Social theory: radical Feminist

  Secondary research

  Family is patriarchy

  1. Women are exploited economically- Labour used by husbands
  2. Family is hierarchically- men at top
  3. Patriarchal Family reflects patriarchal society
• Oakley:

  Social theory: Feminist

  Secondary research, statistics and unstructured interview

  Analyses the conventional family finding:

  1. Women expected to do unpaid work
  2. Idea of the conventional family in powerful society
  3. People expect happiness, nuclear family can be stressful
  4. Middle class- family diversity
• Rapports:

  Secondary research

  Pioneers in researching family diversity 5 types:

  1. Cultural- cultural and religious differences
  2. Life courses- family structure changes overtime
  3. Organisational- structure of familys
  4. Generational- historical difference
  5. Social class - class difference
• Young and wilmort:

  Social theory: functionalist

  Surveys and face the face interviews

  Found family becoming more symmetrical

  Simular but not identical roles

  Equal contribution to household work

  Shared decision making

  Principle of stratified diffusion: changes in family life start with higher social class