3.5 - the nuclear family in contemporary society

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Molly

Cards (22)

3.5 Parsons 
warm bath theory
man coming home from work should be taken care of by wife
3.5 Parsons and Bales 
2 roles of the family
primary socialisation
stabilisation of adult personalities
3.5 Murdock 
4 essential functions that the family carries out
sexual
economic
education
reproduction
3.5 Popenoe 
biological imperatives
men and women biologically suited for different roles in the nuclear family
3.5 Dennis and Erdos 
families without fatherhood
single parent families have lower educational achievements
3.5 Murray 
disintegration of family life
nuclear family in decline due to breakdown of values
3.5 Shalffly  
nuclear family is the only way for a woman to achieve fulfilment
3.5 Engles 
family about bloodline
inheritance goes to one legitimate son
in a communist society functions of the family would be provided by the community as a whole
3.5 Cooper 
death of the family
nuclear family is where children first learn to submit to authority
3.5 Zaretsky 
family consumes capitalism
work and family life have become seperated
work is alienating - workers have little control over it
family life serves as a refuge
3.5 Sommerville 
nuclear family is better than it used to be but still stops women from having full freedom
still main caregiver
3.5 Benston 
women support capitalism in two main ways
renew mens ability to work
socialise children
3.5 Delphy and Learnard 
men gain 4 main things from the nuclear family
financial control
benefit emotionally
head of house
women = unpaid domestic hours
3.5 Oakley 
family preserves social order
manipulation
verbal appelations
different activities
canalisation
3.5 Giddens 
reflexive modernism
confluent love
rise of industrialisation lead to change in tradition
women's roles less restricting
NF another option
3.5 Finch 
family displays
families put on displays for relevant audiences
3.5 Morgan 
family practices
should focus of family functions/practices rather than the family itself
3.5 Bernardes 
instead of the nuclear family a post modern family have choice freedom diversity and fluidity
3.5 Stacey 
optimistic view
postmodernism allows for a family to be suited to the individual with changing lifestyles
3.5 Bauman 
pessimistic view
family institution jeopardised by a lack of certainty over roles
3.5 Lyotard 
postmodern condition
knowledge has become relative
no longer tell what is true and false
3.5 Beck
risk society - avoiding risks reflected in personal relationships
high modernity - less confidence, aware of risks from science and technology eg global warming