Examine the Ways in Which Feminist Sociologist Have Contributed to Our Understanding of Family Roles and Relationships.

Examine the ways in which feminist sociologist have contributed to our understanding of family roles and relationships. Feminist call back that wo manpower in friendship be oppressed and exploited by men, they are not agnizen as equal purely based on their gender. Women are indeed are expected to be subordinate to men resulting in women being disfavor in life. Radical feminists believe the family oppress women by patriarchal structures and the family itself.They believe the family bene tallys men as marriage acts as a prison, men do little in the family compared to women the sexual division in the family exploits women , since their responsibilities for domestic dig and childcare are unpaid, undermines their position in paid employment and increases dependency on men. It thereby maintains an unequal patriarchal society. Therefore radical feminist support divorce as it allows women to escape from marriage, they also support family transformation e. . , single parent families and same sex relationships. Liberal feminism enamour the family as optimistic they see a gradual change, through suasion women are acquiring men to become more than involved in sharing the household and child rearing tasks and society has become fairer through its laws such laws as the sex discrimination act (1970) equal render act (1970) the symmetrical family is becoming a reality women are getting more jobs and men are getting more involved almost at home.D. H. J Morgan point out that not all families fit the model of the nuclear family with a married couple with children, where the husband is the breadwinner and the married woman the housewife alone in fact, this is becoming less common and more women now work (1975). even so liberal feminist dont support family diversity and different family structures. Liberal feminists want to raise families in a heterosexual partnership they dont see representation the enemy unlike radical feminist.They still, by think more female genital organ be achieved, by socialised to view the genders as equal which would extend gender roles. Difference feminist assumes families in general disadvantage women and improvement men. Helen Carby (1892) who was a black feminist believes that racism alongside patriarchal as a form of domination. They agree that for many black women the family can be an oppressive institution. However black women and men are oppressed by racism and that the family often acts a source of support and resistance to racial discriminations and harassment. Postmodern highlight differences etween groups of women in the family situation they avoid making generalisations and see each women situation different. Marxist feminist see the family serve the hire of the ruling class. By socialising children into ruling class norms and values ahead(p) to a submissive and obedient workforce, with false consciousness and stability for capitalism. Women pick capitalism in two ways as mothers they have childre n who give become the neighboring generation of capitalists wage slaves, and as wives, women serve their husbands by doing everything with the family whilst he works.Parsons described the family as a warm bath, he believed that the family helps to repeat stress and tension from work, so he is refreshed for work the next day where he will be able to contribute to society. However for Marxist feminist, they believe the women freshens the man for work every day. This can be changed with the overthrow of capitalist and replacing it with communism will see men and women working alongside each other and becoming equal, childcare therefore will become communal responsibility.