WJEC GCSE Sociology - Key Thinkers (Families) - Statistics

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Two irreducible functions of the modern family - Primary socialisation and stabilisation of adult personalities - and the "warm bath" theory Talcott Parsons
100%
Four functions of the family - Reproduction, Primary socialisation, Satisfied sex drive, Economic provision George Murdock
75%
The "dual burden" where women do both paid work and unpaid domestic labour Ann Oakley
50%
The "triple shift" - the dual burden plus emotional support/childcare Duncombe and Marsden
50%
Researched domestic violence in the UK and argues that it is rooted in a culture where women are seen as inferior Sylvia Walby
50%
The rise of the symmetrical family and joint conjugal roles due to stratified diffusion Willmott and Young
50%
Confluent love - now acceptable to leave a relationship once it is not enjoyable, which leads to an increase in divorce and serial monogamy Anthony Giddens
25%
Lone-parent families mean boys have no role model and will become criminals Charles Murray
25%
Women contribute the most to the family but men benefit because the traditional family is patriarchal and serves only male interests Delphy and Leonard
25%
The family is a unit of consumption, children have "pester power" and the family perpetuates capitalism through inheritance Eli Zaretsky
25%
Roles of money management within marriage Jan Pahl
25%
Childhood as a social construct and changing ideas about childhood over time Philippe Ariès
25%
The rise of family diversity in the UK Rapoport and Rapoport
25%
Criticised the above, saying that the extent of family diversity is exaggerated and said that the nuclear family has morphed into the "neo-conventional family" Robert Chester
25%
The emergence of "toxic childhood" due to education, social media and consumerism Sue Palmer
25%
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