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family/households
Term | Definition |
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chester | neo-conventional family, dual earner family |
rapaports | family diversity, CLOGS cultural diversity life course diversity organisational diversity generational diversity social class diversity |
Giddens | postmodern religion is changing but not necessarily declining in importance, allowing free relationships for women on their own terms |
Stacey | women have more freedom than ever before to shape their family to meet their own needs |
Engels | Nuclear family emerged as a response to industrialisation and the growing trend to 'own' private property |
Ansley | one of the roles of the family is to act as a safety valve for the frustrations of the husband |
Arlie Hochschild | For women, the home compares unfavourably to work, women are valued in work,but at home, the man continues to resist doing housework,causing frustration and making marriage less stable |
Benston | women are exploited by the amount of unpaid labour that they are expected to do in the home and suggests that if women were paid for their contributions within the home there would be a massive redistribution of wealth |
Parsons | 2 functions of the family- stablisation of adult personalities and primary socialisation functional fit theory structural differentiation warm bath theory |