Evaluate feminist views on the roles and functions of religion in society today Feminists believe that religion in society today keeps patriarchy going and is there to reflect and perpetuate gender inequality. The functions of religion help legitimize female subordination by acting as a patriarchal ideology‚ by stating it is God’ will. This can be seen through the people who are in positions of power in religious institutions such as the Church of England‚ and the Catholic Church where most positions
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Identify and explain two types of family diversity in the contemporary UK? Family diversity means that there are many different types of family in society today not just nuclear‚ cereal packet families. Sociologists describe different forms of the family‚ the two types of family diversity I’ am going to talk about are the Nuclear Family and Ethnic Minority families. Nuclear family - this family consists of: Parents and children‚ the adults assume responsibility for the children who are either their
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Asses Feminist views on the role of families and households in today’s society. There are different types of feminism including: Marxist Feminists‚ Radical Feminists‚ Liberal Feminists and Difference Feminists. They do not all share the same views on families. Not all of these Feminists still remain extremely relevant today as women are still the subject to domestic violence and sexual assault is a huge problem. Most people agree that the most obvious problems that feminists want to solve are
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social inequality. Rather‚ they believe that the educational system reinforces and perpetuates social inequalities arising from differences in class‚ gender‚ race‚ and ethnicity. Where functionalists see education as serving a beneficial role‚ conflict theorists view it more negatively. To them‚ educational systems preserve the status quo and push people of lower status into obedience. The fulfillment of one’s education is closely linked to social class. Students of low socioeconomic status are generally
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Examine the Marxist view that the main role of the family is to serve the interests of Capitalism Within sociology there are many different many sociological perspectives on the role of the family‚ however I believe that the Marxist view on the role of the family is most critical. Marxists believe that the sole purpose of family within society is to serve the ruling class i.e. ‘Bourgeoisie’. Marxists believe that the current economic system is exploitive towards the proletariat as it keeps profit
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Assess functionalist views of the role of the family. What do Functionalists believe the role of the family is? Try to back these up using examples of functionalist sociologists. The whole family has an important part to play within our society and each member have a job to do to keep the family together. Just as Talcott Parsons suggested the theory of functionalism means that the function of anything is about the job that is set to do. However Parsons‚ along with Wilmott and Young argued that
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The nuclear family is a term used to define a family group consisting of aheterosexual pair of adults; wife and husband‚ and their children. It can also be known as a ‘beanpole family’ and it can be‚ especially in middle-class families‚ child-centered; child-centered is defined as being actively involved by spending lots of time together as the child’s needs and wishes are the most important thing. Only 17% of families in the UK are nuclear families‚ and this statistic is on the decrease as it is
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and evaluate the Functionalist‚ Marxist and Feminist ideologies of contemporary society In this assignment‚ I am going to briefly explore the definitions of Functionalism‚ Marxism and Feminism and how their ideologies affect contemporary society in Great Britain. In doing so I will give examples that expand upon the definitions and illustrate that such ideologies are evident and still have an impact on the society we live in. Functionalists believe that all elements within a society interconnect
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Evaluate the view that the family is the most important agency of socialisation? The essay title is asking me to debate whether the family is the most important agency of gender role socialisation or not. This means that throughout our lives while we learn gender role culture have we learnt it mainly from our family? There are many reasons why this claim is correct one reason is that your family has canalised you into gender role socialisation. This means that family members will channel you as
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screens‚ oblivious to the world outside their living rooms and the mass manipulation of the population. Society is stalling‚ unable to progress because nonconformity was punished by an extended stay at a psychiatric center‚ as evidenced by Leonard Meade’s quick deposition. In this definite Marxist society‚ people have eliminated on crime‚ but have also given up free will as well. The families mesmerized by the television are being controlled by an outside source‚ technology‚ and giving up their free
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