This was introduced by the Labour party, who Lewis argues have taken on the idea of ‘social investment in children’ seriously and have realised family forms are changing. The Labour party have introduced a number of laws, attempting to strengthen the family unit. They were mainly concerned on helping the social and economic position of women, for example, marital rape was made illegal in 1991 by the Labour party. The rights of children have also been improved by the labour party due to the children’s act of 1989. New right thinkers however; believe that these laws undermine the traditional male dominance in families, but many believe these new policies for women and children strengthen the family rather than weaken it.
Without the TANF program to provide help for these families the poverty rate would rise continuously. The welfare programs from analysts believe several factors have contributed to the decline, including an improved economy, tougher work requirements and diversion. Strategists that have moved applicants directly to work programs (Almanac, 20010). However, in my opinion I would say that welfare is not checked often enough and it should be more often. People who are on welfare tend to play the system because they know they can get away with it and take advantage, because the welfare office does not check like they should.
Marriage in China before the evolution is a lot different than the marriage we think of. Traditional marriage in China is arranged between two families and does not involve love. The marriage is based on family alliance, power, money and assurance. The status and role of the woman was based on her husband’s status, but generally a woman’s job was to birth a son to carry on the family name. Thoughts on marriage changed when the communist government took over.
Fox and Fumia commented that “the source of the stress on families is clear: economic changes have undercut the gendered division of labour on which nuclear families were built” (pg.458). They state that the government has cut back a lot of money that helped the working family, writing “cutbacks in social services generally have increased families (i.e. women’s) responsibilities for providing care for dependants” (pg.458). Fox and Fumia do not base their arguments on any research that they have conducted. Rather they are basing their facts on controversial issues.
Question: Laws relating to family situations are becoming more difficult to determine because of the difficulty in defining ‘family’. Explain how the laws have had to change to reflect changing social values about families. It is thus difficult in modern times to define what a family is. Society of the past always thought that a family did consist only of parents and their children who are blood related but now, through many technological and political influences, society have changed which dramatically affects the structure of the family. The family structure can be affected by the proliferation of divorce.
Common Reasons for the Rising Divorce Rate Although every marriage is different, similar circumstances can be the cause of divorce. The essay written by Anne Roiphe, “Why Marriages Fail”, explores a multitude of common reasons for the rising divorce rate. External factors such as job loss, illness, or financial peril, as well as internal factors that come from the psychological disharmony of an individual, are all common reasons for ending a marriage. Roiphe explains that, as humans, we have innate instinct to choose a mate who has qualities similar to that of one’s mother or father. Marital therapist, Dr. Carl A. Whitaker concurs that “From early childhood on, each of us carried models for marriage, femininity, masculinity, motherhood, fatherhood, and all the other family roles.” We unconsciously and consciously bring memories of our parents’ relationship into our own marriages.
However, there’s a few things wrong with the government’s approach. According to Louise Gerdes a published author with multiple articles in Opposing Viewpoints, there are many cases where "… sex work is often the only viable alternative for women in communities coping with poverty, unemployment … in… complete absence of social welfare programs" (Gerdes 1). If the government wants to eliminate human trafficking especially within the sex industry, then it must focus on those people as well and realize that different approaches must be used for each, “instead [of] lumping together trafficking, prostitution and commercial sex as offenses against the "moral law that stands above nations." (Gerdes 1). As stated by Thomas Melito the director of the International Affairs and Trade, the government uses estimates for data reports on a yearly scale.
Refugees have also been made available for women by the government, which have allowed women to escape domestic violence. However, some feminists argue social policies reinforce patriarchal ideas of men and women. For example, tax/benefit policies assume husbands are the main wage earners and this means women can find it difficult to claim benefits in their own right, which reinforces women’s dependency on men. Therefore, some women may less likely to get divorced so may be left in an empty shell
This will be beneficial for society to reduce the crime rate. However, our society changes so quickly, thus yielding questions that unchanged laws could reflect the our real society that is rapidly changing and help people who need help of laws. First of all, new technologies have made our life styles changed. Rigid laws could not directly apply to the real life in some cases. Hundred years ago, women who are pregnant do not have their choice.
If that happened in the US, the policies would not work to the advantage of the State for a number of reasons: the USA is not suffering from overpopulation, strategies to control the population have failed in a number of countries which have tried to impose it, and using birth control or abortion is unethical. This essay will discuss issue of population control and explain why the U.S. government should not limit the number of children a family should have. The total fertility rate (defined as the total number of children a woman is likely to have during her lifetime) in the USA in the last decade has been decreasing (Newman, B. & Newman, P., 2008). As many women concentrate on their educational goals and careers rather than on marriage and children, the growth rate of the American population has slowed significantly.