SOC100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Intimate Partner Violence, Premarital Sex, Symbolic Interactionism
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Functionalism: by individual family members unifying themselves into a productive whole makes a large contribution to the survival of society, gendered division of labour is key in achieving economic and social success. Male head of the household performs as a breadwinner, decision-maker and. Wednesday, november 29, 2017 source of authority and leadership. Female head takes the role of home-maker, nurturer and emotional centre of the whole family. Same-sex couples do not adhere to the functionalist theory. Individual systems of family are crucial to producing the next generation. Families are performed with flexibility and cohesion, meaning that roles and systematic properties are changeable to only things that should be changed. Families are bound together through a family bong that characterizes what it means to belong to such family. Disengagement theory revitalization in the family in which older generation is essentially removed from the workforce, along with old ideology to increase the production of the current workforce.
