1. Family Revision activities 2014 With the following activities – aim to recap core knowledge..but then start to try and: Explain points – check understanding Relate to debates Consider different theoretical views Make links between factors Think about which points you will emphasise most in your answers

2. Family Revision 1 Key terms review

3. BEANPOLE FAMILYBIRTH RATECEREAL-PACKET FAMILY CHILD-CENTREDNESS COHABITATIONCONJUGAL ROLESMORTALITY RATEDEPENDENCY RATIO DIVORCEDIVORCE RATEDUAL BURDENEMPTY SHELL MARRIAGE EXPRESSIVE ROLEEXTENDED FAMILYFAMILYFERTILITY RATE JOINT CONJUGAL ROLES INFANT MORTALITY RATE LONE PARENT FAMILY MARCH OF PROGRESS MARRIAGEMARRIAGE RATENET MIGRATIONNEO-CONVENTIONAL FAMILY

4. PATRIARCHYPRIMARY SOCIALISATION RECONSTITUTED FAMILY SECULARISATION SEGREGATED CONJUGAL ROLES SERIAL MONOGAMYSOCIAL CONSTRUCTION STABILISATION OF ADULT PERSONALITY STRUCTURALLY ISOLATION SYMMETRICAL FAMILYURBANISATIONWARM BATH THEORY DOMESTIC VIOLENCEALIENATIONAGEISMTOXIC CHILDHOOD DUAL WORKER FAMILY INSTRUMENTAL ROLE LOOSE SOCIAL NETWORKS KINSHIP TIES STAGE 3 FAMILYWELFARE DEPENDENCY

5. Family Revision 2 Role of the Family Focus What functions does the family perform for society? How does the family support (or harm) individuals? How does the family link to the rest of society? Is the family a positive or negative institution?

6. Family Revision 2 FunctionalismMarxism The family and individuals Who benefits most? Teaching norms and values Social control Links to economy

7. Key concepts to sort (Functionalist and Marxist) Sexual functionInheritance and private property ‘goodness of fit’Dislike of nuclear family model G P MurdockReproductive functionReduces alienation and frustration Parsons AlthusserIdeological condititioning Socialisation function (education) Economic function (shelter, food etc) Bias towards nuclear family Stabilisation of adult personality EngelsPrimary socialisation Love and supportBuffer to revolutionWarm bath theoryZaretsky

8. Evaluation Functionalism (pages 2/3) Marxism (pages 4/5)

9. Family Revision 2 FunctionalismFeminism (general) The family and individuals Who benefits most? Teaching norms and values Social control Links to economy

10. Key points/studiesEvaluation Marxist Feminism Main argument – Benston: Ansley : Radical feminism Main argument - Millett: Gittens: Liberal feminism Main argument – Young & Willmott: Somerville:

11. Role of family - diamond 9 Sexual, economic, reproduction and educational role Family prevents revolution Escape ‘adult role’ Family promotes ideology Domestic labour harms women Men are the enemy Capitalism mainly benefits from families Warm bath = eases tensions Nuclear family is to pass on wealth through inheritance

12. Don’t forget… Dark side of the family (domestic violence/abuse) Mental health and family life

13. Exam ‘style’ questions Using material from Item 2B and elsewhere, assess the Marxist view that the main role of the family is to serve the interests of capitalism. (24 marks) Using material from Item 2B and elsewhere, assess the Functionalist view of the role of the family in society(24 marks)

14. Family Revision 1 Conjugal roles

15. Conjugal Roles Revision Evidence/argumentsFor/against Symmetrical family Young & Willmott Bott Social Networks Decision making Childcare Finances Invisible work Gender role socialisation Domestic appliances Dual workers Equal opportunities policies Social class differences Ethnic differences March of progress Jan Pahl Ann Oakley Social construction of housewife role Gershuny Patriarchy For equality Against equality

16. Family Revision 1 Demography

17. Demography consolidation CausesEffectsSociology stuff Birth Rate decline Elderly in poverty Pressure on NHS Welfare dependency Dependency ratio Better healthcare Better nutrition/diet Benefits/pensions Improved housing Pressure on families Smaller families Equal opps and women’s careers Safer working conditions Improved sanitation Better health education More people live alone Extra work for women Contraception Changing attitudes Decline of religion Children expensive Cohabitation Border control Flee war/disaster Globalisation Fertility rate Life expectancy Death rate decline Ageing Migration

18. Family Revision 1 Family Diversity

19. Growth in diversitySociology stuffNuclear is Norm Rappoports Chester Cereal Packet Image Parsons ‘goodness of fit’ Stage 3 Family Ideology of the family Organisational diversity Class diversity Cohort diversity Dual worker families Single parents People living along Reconstituted Childless couples Cohabitation Gay couples Allan & Crowe economic instability Less stigma rise of individualism Secularisation Apartners Immigration Jeffrey Weeks Contraception IVF Equal opportunities women’s careers Divorce laws Changing attitudes ‘neo-conventional family’ Life cycle Cheal Feminist views New Right views Post Modern views

20. Family Revision 1 Social Policies

21. Support Nuc.Sociology stuffWeaken Nuc. Policies 1.Raise school leaving age 2.Sell of council houses. 3.Increase welfare benefits. 4.Married couples tax 5.Divorce laws 6.Recognise ‘civil partnerships’ 7.Increasing maternity leave 8.Surestart children centres 9.Child Support Agency 10.Extended nursery places Theories 1.Welfare dependency 2.Stability and discipline 3.Escape patriarchy 4.Escape domestic violence 5.Overcowding 6.Child poverty 7.Gender regimes

22. Family Revision 1 Causes of Divorce

23. Divorce- diamond 9 People have high expectations of marriage Women’s careers and expectations Conflict in relationships increasing Financial stress Opportunities to escape marriage Confluent love increased Decline of religion Changing attitudes (less stigma) Easier to get divorce (change in law) What do Feminists and the New Right think about these issues?

24. Family Revision 1 Effects of Divorce

25. On childrenOn SocietyOn adults New Right Lack of role model Discipline Child poverty Poor housing Behaviour problems Educational underachievement Teen pregnancy Instability – moving house Feminists Better to have quality parenting ‘one loving parent’ New Right Single parents = welfare dependency Rising crime Feminists Women are free from unhealthy relationships Men lose home Men struggle to survive financially Both adults affected by financial costs of divorce Losing contact with wider family members/ friends Loneliness Affect self esteem/ sense of being a failure/ guilt

26. Family Revision 1 Marriage and Cohabitation

27. Caused fewer marriagesSociology Stuff Changing attitudes Secularisation Less stigma Changes in position of women Fear of divorce Increase in cohabitation Cost of weddings Role models in media