Argue that marriage is less embedded within the economic system. There sure fewer family firms and the family is no longer a unit of production, so spouses are not so economically interdependent; they do not have tolerate conflict and can seek divorce
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Card 17
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Recognising that people have more choice in terms of their relationships and family arrangements but believe that people are not as free as postmodernists suggest
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Identified that Living Apart Together is a rising new family. LAT’S have a ‘pure love relationship’ pursuing both intimacy and personal autonomy and independence.
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The widespread acceptance of divorce and cohabitation has made people more open to new types of relationship
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Argues that the new right assumes husband and wives roles are fixed biologically, women can perform a variety of roles and the traditional family is negative for women’s equality. Feminist
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Does not see family diversity as negative; he argues we have move to a neo-conventional family. This is a family in which both partners go to work and share responsibilities equally (also called a symmetrical family). Argues that family diversity is exagg
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Researched donor conceived families. They argues that many of these families valued social relationships over biological. However it can crate is sire such as differences in appearance, conflict on lesbian relationships with the ‘real’ and non-biological
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Argue that the contemporary society is rapidly changing and people are questioning our traditional widely accepted norms, values and morals. As a result, many are rejecting the idea if traditional family life. Diversity and choice mesmerised people are in
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Points out that indivudualization has created new kinds of personal relationships. Traditional social bonds, relationships and beliefs that are used to regulate people's choices have lost meaning and significance so people no longer feel governed by rules
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Argues that constant change and uncertainty have made human kind and kinship networks weak so as people explore and search for security, they create new and different family and living arrangements. This has created more options and opportunities for peop
