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Sociology - Coggle Diagram

- - - - sexual - develops a closer family bond
      - economic - provides for family
      - educational - transfers the norms and values of society
      - reproductive - allows for the continuation of society
    - - ignore inequalities in the family - domestic violence / child abuse
      - ignore inequalities that take place in society - class / gender / age / ethnic
      - Murdock and Parson's ideas can be seen as outdated as people often have children outside of marriage / nuclear families and gender roles have become obsolete
    - - stabilisation of adult personalities - family acts as a safe haven where families protect its members -warm bath theory
      - primary socialisation - teaching norms and values of society to children
    - - families are vital for society to perform its functions correctly
  - - - families are needed to support the capitalist system - by buying into the economy, the proletariat help the bourgeoisie to increase their profits
      - through primary socialisation, the norms and values needed for the capitalist system are handed down to future generations.
    - - Family cushions the effect of capitalism
      - the family is a unit of consumption
      - the domestic labour of women is necessary to help society reproduce the next generation of workers
      - the sole problem to this solution is socialism
      - criticisms- outdated as society no longer relies on women's labour and ignore the positives of society
  - - - society is patriarchal which promotes gender inequalities.
      - the traditional family type oppresses and exploits women
    - - ignores other inequalities
      - presents women as being passive
    - - men benefit from women's labour
      - family is responsible for ensuring patriarchy remains
      - women are oppressed and exploited because of their unshared dual-burden of household tasks,