families and households sociologists - Statistics

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functions of the family - sex, money, reproduction (sex) + socialisation Murdock
100%
functional fit theory, warm bath theory + irreducible functions of the family Parsons
100%
early society was primate communism - classless without private property Marx
89%
childhood is disappearing + children are becoming more similar to adults Postman
89%
childhood is socially constructed, children used to be mini adults w/out childhood Aries
78%
toxic childhood - rapid cultural + technological changes have harmed children Palmer
78%
wives are the "takers of shit" - husbands letting out anger from exploitative work Ansley
67%
the negotiated family - members negotiate their roles in relationship Beck
67%
the zombie family - externally appear alive but is dead, an empty shell Beck
67%
increased choice and equality in relationships due to feminism + contraception Giddens
67%
the pure relationship - relationship exists only to satisfy each partners needs Giddens
67%
same sex couples are pioneers as they don't have traditional gender roles Giddens
67%
individualisation thesis - traditional structures in society lost influence on us Giddens + Beck
67%
welfare benefits bad as they encourage lone parent households + dependency Murray
67%
patriarchal society allows violence towards wives as they are seen as property Dobash + Dobash
56%
men and womens roles are not fixed in biology but due to social factors Oakly
56%
the preindustrial family was nuclear, not extended as functionalists suggest Young + Willmott
56%
social policy is a form of state power and allows control over the family Donzelot
44%
the connectedness thesis - relationships are interconnected, affect each other Smart
44%
family have illusion of haven from work but women face domestic servitude Zaretsky
44%
the neo-conventional family with dual earner couple replaced nuclear family Chester
33%
rate of family breakdown higher in cohabiting couples than married couples Benson
22%
matrilocal all-female households should be created to replace hetrosexual ones Greer
22%
postmodern families - more diverse + based on active decisions Stacey
22%
the symmetrical family where all responsibilities are divided equally Young + Willmott
22%
new right perspective on social policy, policies should promote nuclear family Almond
11%
families separated geographically still have close bonds eg the beanpole family Bell
11%
gender regimes - social policy can be familistic (traditional) or individualistic Drew
11%
people place higher expectations on marriage + divorce if marriage is unhappy Fletcher
11%
living apart together couples are in committed relationships but not cohabiting Duncan + Phillips
0%
paranoid parenting where parents obsessed over threats to their children Furedi
0%
state unwilling to support elderly as of no use to capitalism so female relatives do Phillipson
0%
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