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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cultural background‚ gender role in being considered as when male and females are being considered to do something different like in the house‚ females are expected to stay in the house and prepare meals whiles the makes are being viewed as the breadwinner of the family‚ she also confirmed that gender roles has changed in recent due to the fact that females are now being treated fairly as men. Introduction Gender roles in recent years have been one of the important issues within cross-cultural
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protect against a $50 loss because this would not be considered a financial hardship for most. Insurance is appropriate when you want to protect against a significant monetary loss. Take life insurance as an example. If you are the primary breadwinner in your home‚ the loss of income that your family would experience as a result of our premature death is considered a significant loss and hardship that you should protect
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In this essay I am going to be defining the differences between the new international division of labour and the new international division of reproductive labour. I am going to be using specific examples to show how both transform existing ways of thinking about gender hierarchies‚ personal identities‚ women’s work and mothering. It is very important to note that although both the new international division of labour and the new international division of reproductive labour are fairly similar in
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and often traditional characteristics or attributes associated with men. men should be protectors‚ breadwinners‚ or leaders‚ or associating men with anger‚ selfishness‚ and aggression can be problematic and damaging” (Sheppard). Sheppard describes toxic masculinity as what a portion of people believe men should traditionally be. This can mean that the man in a relationship should be the breadwinner or the leader of a household. If men believe this‚ they are exemplifying toxic masculinity.These harmful
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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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