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Families (Divorce (Feminists support more freedom for women (Women more…
Families
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Lone-parent families
Many reasons - divorce, death, choice
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Theories
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Marxist
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Engels - family developed so men could control women and children and property could be passed to offspring
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Feminist
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Delphy and Leonard - women exploited by husbands, family is hierarchy with men at top, reflects patriarchal society
Ignores family diversity, exaggerated negative picture of family life, women portrayed as passive victims
Postmodernist
Family structures varied - diversity is now the norm, people have more choice
Amount of social change exaggerated, most people still live in a nuclear family
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