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Family 1.2.2 - Coggle Diagram
Family 1.2.2
Changes in families
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Growth in singlehood
Changes in norms
In the past, women who didn't marry were given derogatory labels such as 'spinster' to imply they had 'failed' to find a man, whereas a man would be labelled a 'bachelor' and was deemed acceptable for them to stay single
Marriage and children were more seen as goals for women which is no longer the case with women becoming more independant
Changes in technology
In 1967, the contraceptive pill became available for unmarried women, making sex outside of marriage more common as they did not fear having children outside of marriage.
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Women having fewer kids
A change in women’s rights has resulted in a decrease of kids. As women become more independent, they feel less pressure to get married and have children. Instead, they can focus more on work and less on large families. Therefore as there’s an increase with both parents working (if there are two parents), having one or two children is sometimes all they have time for.
A change in norms has also resulted in a decrease in children. Before contemporary UK, families were encouraged to have lots of children (with an average of 6 children per family in the Victorian era) especially within poor families so they could provide one and care for when the parents are older as well as a lack of contraception. As the average has dropped all the way down to 1.9, we can tell that with the addition of contraception and decrease in global poverty they don’t need any more.
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