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