Using material from Item 2B and elsewhere, assess the contribution of feminist sociologists to an understanding of family roles and relationships (24 marks) Feminists have helped change the tradition view of the family. There are two types of feminists; liberal and radical. As shown in the item they take a ‘critical view’ of the family arguing that it is patriarchal and focus on the ‘gender inequalities’ in housework and violence against women. They believe gender inequality is created by society and is not natural. Functionalist Murdock suggested as children we are socialised into societies shared norms and values and he believed that males provide the economic roles and females provided the expressive role.
An external factor is a factor in which affects the education system from outside for example home and family. Sociologist argue that the difference between the achievement of each gender is through several external factors , in which are causing girls to achieve better than boys within school, these consist of ; The impacts of feminist; since the 1960’s the feminist movement have challenged the typical stereotype of woman’s roles within society as a mother alongside being a housewife. Feminist still believe they have not yet achieved full equality, however have improved woman’s rights and opportunity’s through the use of laws, as well as this feminism have largely raised expectations and self-esteems of woman. An example of this would be through McRobbie; she took a comparison of girl magazines in the 1970’s and 1990’s. In the 1970’s magazines like Jackie Largely promoted marriage and being a housewife, whereas in the 1990’s magazines took a different approach of personal choice and independence of woman.
By the early 1800s, the number of immigrants increased drastically. America was becoming a melting pot of different ethnicities including Germans, Swedish, Bohemians, English, French, and Polish. After the civil war, coming into the United States was made easier due to the innovations in steam-based engines for ships, allowing for larger ships to bring in immigrants in mass numbers. (Diner, 2008: 1) This exponential increase in immigrants was considered a threat to the nation’s security, which resulted in forcing government legislation to place regulations on immigration. In 1912, the National Origins Act was passed which restricted the number of immigrants allowed to enter the United States and assigned slots according to quotas based on origins.
The Physical and Emotional Effects of Divorce and Single Parenting Liberty University Abstract In this paper, the author explored the various studies of marriage and family relationships. Studies evaluating marital behavior all show the increasingly high divorce rate and the growth of single parent homes in America. This paper provided a report on how the family interruptions of divorce and often the subsequent single parenting affects both adults and children. It also examined how many individuals cope with the myriad challenges they face when dissolving the bonds of matrimony. The articles referenced within this paper were chosen because of their relevancy, reliability, and the methodology used to collect its data.
For example, a 7 year old could be hung for stealing. The two main factors that were established by Aries explain why society disregarded children as objects of devotion and love. These factors are: there was an extremely high level of infant mortality, so children had to work in order for the family unit to survive. According to Item A, Industrialisation “brought major changes to the position of children”. The development of an industrial society illustrates how the attitude of middle class parents towards their children, altered from hatred and disgust to affection and care.
The constant exposure of a sexually oriented society has caused many teens to become parents at an early age. The results of this have caused a major breakdown in one of the strongest structural units, which is the family. Families all over the United States are confronted with issues of teen pregnancy and adolescent sexuality. It is unfortunate that the television and music industries provide avenues for the exploitation of sexually contented materials. What society intended as vehicles for entertainment and bringing families together, has proven to be harmful to the minds of adolescents.
The current UK education system is a moulding of many decades worth of legislation, practical application and government policy. It can be argued that because of these things the current system is now a meritocracy but this can be argued against. The functionalist perspective suggests there are three main objectives of the education system. One function is to provide secondary socialisation in addition to the family’s role of primary socialisation, through a formal and hidden curriculum pupils are taught societies norms and values. A second objective of the education system is to teach skills, which are necessary for success in the workplace in modern society.
Married family parents have already experienced this part of the relationship which allows children to see a more conservative and committed relationship. Schools also can play a large role in hurrying children. Our schools today stress our kids with their high demands on academic achievement, children which in turn has led to higher suicide rates. If it is not enough that the schools are putting a high amount of pressure on our children they are also taking away their free time. The book suggests that play time is one of the most important part of childhood.
The New York Times claimed that, “When immigrants do take jobs, they’re hard workers” (Preston and Connelly a1). Therefore, it greatly contributes to America’s retirement system. The presence of immigrants also contributes to America’s long term population growth, necessary to stabilize the overall retirement fund. The Springer Science and Business Media’s journal states that some other countries in the world suffer from the labor shortages and a demographic crunch, in which a very small number of workers will be expected to pay the retirement and health care for elderly people (Gold 409). The ratio of retired people to workers is expected to dramatically increase in the coming decades, which would result in significant changes in the Security System of America’s retirement money.
This will also have impacts on the culture in Germany. To face these economic issues, Germany needs to integrate workers from other countries. Especially from Spain, there is a high youth unemployment rate due to the financial crisis. So Germany and Spain started a joint campaign to solve these problems. What kind of cultural issues both countries have to face will be explained in the following chapters of this term paper.