Outline and evaluate the feminist view of the role of the family (33 marks) There are different types of feminists they all have different views on the family. Feminists mainly believe that the family is a patriarchal ideology which is control mainly by male dominated ideas. They feel that they are stereotyped to have the expressive role in the family and that they have to live by this role. Marxist feminists argue that the nuclear family functions to benefit the capitalist’s ideology and the
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single issues paper is on how the gender pay gap negatively affects women‚ and how this feeds back into overall economic losses for the country. In the United States‚ 42% of mothers who have children still living at home are the main (or only) breadwinner for their family . This means that these children are more likely to grow up under the poverty line. The pay gap becomes an issue not only of equal pay for equal work‚ but something that negatively affects generations. It may prevent certain families
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This chapter focuses on the functions of explaining how ordinary people can commit extraordinary evil through “ a societal product in which a complex and sustained series of social forces enables ordinary people to commit such evil” (Waller‚ 269). While the outcome depends entity upon the situation and the environment that the person is placed in‚ the social construction of cruelty helps explain the female role perpetrators. By examining the situations where women are placed and immersed in it explains
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The definition of a family is one still being argued over by sociologists. However‚ for the purposes of this essay‚ I have chosen the broad definition of family as "a group of people who live together" The family chosen for this examination it will be argued‚ fit the functionalist view of the family. In order to demonstrate this‚ the functionalist view of the family will first be outlined. According to functionalist theory‚ the existence of a particular institution is evidence for its necessity
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brought up‚ he also claimed that most people live in a household headed by a married couple and will most likely be the head of a nuclear family in the future. He believes that the nuclear family is the ideal type of family where the husband is the breadwinner and the wife is the housewife who’s in charge of housework and emotional support‚ this is ideological because it means that both parents
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Wikipedia The Equal Pay Act 1970 is an Act of the United Kingdom Parliament which prohibits any less favourable treatment between men and women in terms of pay and conditions of employment. It was passed by Parliament in the aftermath of the 1968 Ford sewing machinists strike[1][2][3][4] and came into force on 29 December 1975. The term pay is interpreted in a broad sense to include‚ on top of wages‚ things like holidays‚ pension rights‚ company perks and some kinds of bonuses. The legislation has
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family is about a typical big Filipino family with family members leading out roles in a very typical Filipino traditionalist lifestyle‚ that is; father/husband as the breadwinner and wife/mother as housewife and loving‚ obedient and submissive children. The basic plot of the story is about the most memorable homecoming of the breadwinner of the family‚ the father‚ who came home from his periodic inspections which were celebrated everytime these happened. But during this particular inspection to the
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The video of the advertisement that we analyzed shows us men and women can have opposite features and gestures and they can still be attractive while other advertisements in the media present men in a dominant and powerful role in the society and women as naïve and fragile. As seen in the Codes of Gender “to recognize someone’s sex we have to interact with them‚ there is nothing natural about that recognition.” (Jhally‚ 2009‚ pg.1). The Biscolata advertisement represents men in the accepted characteristic
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Since the early ages‚ women have always been treated unfairly. For decades‚ there was always a wall that separated men and women which made it impossible for women to get any fair treatment whether it is a superstition‚ a thought or a cultural belief. Gender equality is a view where both men and women are treated equally and receive the same rights and opportunity. But the idea of equality is always changing and evolving. Some believe that that the Earth is so diverse that it would create a common
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commit crime. Then‚we will talk about the different social institutions that are malfunctioning.The first one is family.The second one is school.And the last one is jobs.In the past‚because of the gender inequality‚man in the family are the breadwinner‚they need to earn money to support the family.Women in the family are homekeeper.They just need to stay at home instead of working.Howevevr‚nowadays‚because of the gender equality‚the role of the family member have changed.Man may need to look after
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