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changing family patterns - Coggle Diagram

- - - - widening grounds- irreconcilable differences
      - making divorce cheaper
      - equalising grounds of divorce between sexes
    - - divorcees have been stigmatised in the past
      - divorce has been normalised
    - - decline of religious influence in society
      - traditional, religion inspired belief of opposition now carries less weight
      - many churches have softened their views.
    - - romantic love is now main reason for people to marry, if love dies so does marriage.
    - - women more likely to be I paid work
      - girls performing better at school
      - single mums can rely on welfare state
      - narrower pay gap
  - - - home compares unfavourably with work, where women feel valued
      - women are becoming more aware of patriarchal oppression and confident in rejecting it
    - - traditional norms have lost their influence
      - inidviduals are free to pursue their own interests
      - relationships are therefore fragile
  - - - undermines traditional nuclear family, creates underclass of welfare dependant male lone parents
        
        leaves young boys without male role model
- - - - changing attires to marriage
      - secularisation
      - declining stigma attached to alternatives to marriage
      - changes in the position of women
      - fear of divorce
- - - - higher proportion of lone parent families
      - just over half of families are lone parent headed
      - primarily headed by mothers
      - Mirza- black women value independence
      - stats are misleading- many in stable non-cohabiting relationships
    - - Bangladeshi, pakistani and indian households tend to be larger
      - sometimes extended but mostly nuclear
      - asian culture values family
      - Ballard- larger families provide support with migration
- - - - higher proportion of lone parent families
      - just over half of families are lone parent headed
      - primarily headed by mothers
      - Mirza- black women value independence
      - stats are misleading- many in stable non-cohabiting relationships
    - - Bangladeshi, pakistani and indian households tend to be larger
      - sometimes extended but mostly nuclear
      - asian culture values family
      - Ballard- larger families provide support with migration
- - - - result of two demographic changes- increased life expectancy and family sizes