3.6 - debates about family diversity

• 3.6 Chambers


  women who reject traditional family forms eg single parent and gay often face greater condemnation from the media
• 3.6 Gittins


  family ideology

  consensus only maintained due to powerful ideology of nuclear family
• 3.6 Leach


  cereal packet family

  portray nuclear family as norm through mass media
• 3.6 Smart


  personal life

  useful to think in terms of personal life than family life

  individuals bonded through secrets memories home and possssions
• 3.6 Giddens


  democratisation of intimate relationships

  only engage in relationships when they find them fulfilling
• 3.6 Langford


  women end up feeling alienated as they invest themselves into relationships but don't receive emotional intimacy back
• 3.6 Chester


  Neo-conventional family

  non nuclear families are based on the nuclear family