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Despite their disagreements, functionalist, Marxist and feminist…
Despite their disagreements, functionalist, Marxist and feminist approaches to the family share certain similarities. They are all structural approaches: they see the family as a structure that performs certain functions - although they disagree about what these functions are and how they themselves define what counts as 'family'.
Applying material from the Item and your knowledge, evaluate the usefulness of structural approaches to our understanding of families and households.
Marxist
Structure of society
Teaches young boys that they will have all authority and teaches young girls they have to be mothers
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Multiple types of feminist may make it difficult to understand the concept as a whole as different strands of feminism focus/argue on various topics.
Liberal feminists argue that progress has been made for women. They now have a greater freedom to choose whether they want children, cohabit, marry, live on their own, be in a same sex relationship etc.
Radical feminists argue that the families are structured, within this structure men dominate while women and children are subordinate. As the men have the dominant position, they make the final decisions on family issues. The type of work the family members carry out is based on their gender and marital status. Whilst some women are employed they still have to maintain the household tasks and care for the children, this is referred to as the triple shift.
Marxist feminists argue that women's domestic labor sustains the current workforce (men) and nurtures the next generation to come. The responsibility of the male breadwinner further emphasize the woman's requirement to stay home and carry out the domestic labor. The division of labor also keeps women in the domestic labor sphere whilst men are categorized into the workplace sphere.