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Families and Households
infoWhy this? Families shape socialisation, relationships, and the distribution of care, work, and power. Exploring diverse family forms and changes in marriage, divorce, and domestic roles helps us evaluate competing views of family life without assuming that one family form is universal.
scheduleWhy now? Alongside education in the spring term, this unit extends our study of how social institutions shape behaviour and opportunities. Applying sociological perspectives to family diversity and power strengthens our comparative analysis and prepares us to revisit social control and inequality in Year 11.
neurologyYou need to know
- Different views of the functions of families
- How family forms differ in the UK and within a global context
- The work of the Rapoports on family diversity
- Changing relationships within families and how they changed over time
- The theory of the symmetrical family and principle of stratified diffusion
- Different criticisms of families (functionalist, Marxist and feminist)
- Different views of conjugal roles
- Changes in the patterns of marriage and divorce in Britain
- Different views of power in the family
rocket_launchYou must be able to
- Identity and describe the functions of families
- Compare and contrast a variety of sociological perspectives on the functions of the family
- Identify and describe various family forms
- Identity and explain joint conjugal roles
- Explain the domestic division of labour in families
- Compare and contrast a variety of sociological perspectives on conjugal role relationships
- Identify and explain how relationships within families have changed over time
- Identify and explain contemporary family related issues
- Identify and explain different criticisms of families
- Compare and contrast a variety of sociological perspectives on these issues
- Identify and explain the patterns of divorce and marriage in Britain since 1945
- Describe the consequences of divorce for family members
- Compare and contrast a variety of sociological perspectives on these issues
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