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The New Right approach to family
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A Levels Sociology (Family and Households) Mind Map on The New Right approach to family, created by dottydiva96 on 11/12/2013.
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The New Right approach to family
Conservative and anti-feminist perseptive
Patriarchal Nuclear family serves society
Homemaker-wife
Breadwinner-husband
Biological differences (like Parsons)
Marriage = stability
Family diversity and decline in NF led to social problems
Teen pregnancy
Only makes up 2% of lone-parent families
Failed education
High crime rates
Poverty
Future family breakdown more likely
Lone-parent families
Unnatural and harmful to chidlren
Lack role model
Inadequate socialisation
Burden on welfare state
Depends on child's age - if child is 12 above, lone mother earns similar or higher wage to average earner
Disapprove of working mothers
Cohabitation & divorce = instability
Criticism
Level of commitment, not marriage, creates stability
Assumed all NF's are good, and all lone parents are bad
Doesn't explain social issues derived from NF
Cultural differences in gender roles argues against biological differences
Feminists: instills partriachy
Little/no evidence that lone-parents are part of a 'dependency culture'
Welfare state needed because of lone parents
High taxation creates 'perverse incentive' - punish responsible behaviour and reward irresponsible
Encourages dependenyc culture
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