SOCI 1001H Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Total Fertility Rate, Nuclear Family, Friedrich Engels
7 Dec 2016
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When some people speak about decline of family, they refer to nuclear family. Nuclear family consists of a cohabiting man and woman who maintain a socially approved sexual relationship and have at least one child. Traditional nuclear family a nuclear family in which the husband works outside the home for money and the wife works without pay in the home. Many people considered the traditional nuclear family to be the most widespread and ideal family form, but the rate has been declining over the years. 80% of mothers are now in paid labour force. Many functionalists see this as disaster, because the fact that so many. Functionalists have argued that the nuclear family is ideally suited to meet. Conflict and feminist theorists argue that a family shouldn"t be assumed as a: changing family forms don"t represent deterioration in quality of people" lives, often represents improvement society"s challenges. Polygamy expands the nuclear family (cid:498)horizontally(cid:499) by adding one or more.
