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GCSE Sociology (Studies ) Flashcards on Sociology, created by Shannon Vogel on 05/14/2017.
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Feral children Genie Oxana
Kibbutz Collectivist culture. Children looked after by community rather than family.
Zuma Member of Zulu tribe. Practise polygamy. Ex president of South Africa. Cultural relativity example.
Dench Researched Asian families. More likely to be extended than nuclear. White British has more diverse family types.
Berthoud Nuclear families common with Asian background. Women do expressive roles, men do instrumental roles. Asian more likely to be married and low divorce vs white and African-Caribbean families.
David Cameron Wants more marriage as better for children. Non nuclear families are problem. Similar to New Right perspective.
Parsons Functionalist. After socialisation by family, men do instrumental roles, women do expressive roles.
Parsons Functionalist. Nuclear family as warm bath theory. Family help relieve stress from work. Takes strain home, family wash away his problems and ready for work next day.
Ann Oakley Gender socialisation. Canalisation through toys and words. Manipulation based on gender norms.
Ann Oakley Double burden. Career and family.
Sue Sharpe Women have more aspirations. No longer centred around love, marriage and children.
Fresh et al Boys are more sensitive and emotionally closer mother than father. Mothers still care givers.
Sue Lees Double standard when it comes to sex. Boys praised for sex. Girls are called negative names and looked down on for it.
Wolf Genderquake. Power from men to women. Women starting to get more control. Changing attitudes to sexuality, family, work and life.
Homosexuality 1886-illegal to be gay. Men like Oscar Wilde went to prison. 1967-homosexuality legalised. 2002-right to adopt given. 2004-civil partnerships introduced.
Elton John In a civil partnership. Celebrity help set social trends.
JK Rowling Single mum. Prejudice against single mothers. Donates to charities. Single parents don't want to live off benefits. Single parent better than bad marriage.
Gingerbread Less than 2% of single parents are teenagers. 41% of children in single parent families live in relative poverty.
Fathers 4 Justice 1/3 children live without a father in the uk.
Divorce Divorce rates declining since 1994. This could be because people are cohabiting and not getting married. Divorce reform act 1969
Saunders Working class are genetically less intelligent than middle class. This cause different classes.
Rodgers and Pryor Long term impact of divorce: Poor health Educational achievement Behaviour Income Short term stress is common
Death of nuclear family Functionalist and new right believe nuclear family is dying out.
Giddens Divorce used to be rare and deviant. Divorce is now easier and less stigmatised. More cohabitation. Now live in families of choice.
Boomerang generation Young adults choose to cohabitate with their parents after living without them.
Sue Palmer Toxic childhood. Child centred society fear crime against children. Media, games, school, parents and peers pressure kids into negative things.
Gardner et al Helicopter parenting due to fear of online.
Ageing population People living longer. Government worried about cost of caring for the elderly.
Julia Brannen Grandparents are pivot generation. The support they give for children and care they give for grandchildren determine success of the family.
Miller Sandwich generation. Middle aged people must care for young children but also their parents.
Duncombe and Marsden Triple shift. Family support, housework, career.
Fawcett society Want to see society that is not affected by persons sex.
Marx and Engels Marxist. Nuclear family designed for capitalism, so money can be kept with the family.
Cater and Coleman Risk of being teen mum is 10 times likelier if from an unskilled family. Background, like poverty and disadvantage, played a major part in decision to have a child.
Charles Men are still breadwinners. Women still viewed as care givers.
Leach Cereal packet family. What families should be like. Felt that nuclear family was too small for people's desires.
Willmott and Young Family is symmetrical. Males and females have similar conjugal roles.
Gershuny Lagged adaptation. Men doing more housework. Adapting to women roles. Lagged because men are changing at a slower rate.
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