SOCA01H3 Lecture Notes - Methadone, Stepfamily, Medicalization
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Family will look after you when nobody else would. Family is also functional because it provides economic cooperation. Closest relationship in the world is mother with the child that is because woman may divorce and never see their husband again, but it is very rare to see the parents to breakup with the child mother always sees child. Functional approach tends to overlook problems of married life ex. violence and conflict is common to the family ex. family is a paradox (has negative and positive characteristics) functionalists tend to emphasize the positives Patriarchy (japanese family is much more patriarchy than a north american family) . In vitro feralization buy sperm, become pregnant and have a child and remain single. Family life creates inequality social reproduction of inequality people that are born in a poor family are likely to remain in a poor family for the most part people inherit the social standing of the parents.
