...Nicki Kay Social Welfare HUS Final paper 4/13/16 Divorce In today’s modern world, there are many aspects of our everyday lifestyle that used to be frowned upon years ago, but have slowly became the norm of today’s culture. One of these aspects is divorce. “The divorced population has more than quadrupled from 1970 to 1996, growing from 3 percent to nearly 10 percent of adults in 25 years”(Credo Reference 2006). Within the United States, divorce has become a common process for many married couples. Overall, divorce is a concept that is more on the lines of a personal issue that just happens to be socially accepted in the modern lifestyle. There are many causes for the increase in divorce rates over the years, specifically around the 1970s and onward. These causes include: stigma, respect, the nofault law, cultural and societal expectations, and whether or not divorce is social class issue or not. In my own opinion, I think divorce has become a significant issue and is harmful to families, especially with children. Yes, there are times when divorce is understandable and recommended to better the family, but either way it is so detrimental to the children. This topic is very significant for children and families. It is important for people to recognize the issue because it can tear families apart, and it is unbelievably today. Divorce also can cause further physical and mental issues as well...
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...the family From the specification: The relationship of the family to the social structure and social change * Functionalist views: the importance of the nuclear family, the universality of the family, changing functions, how the nuclear family ‘fits’ modern society. * Marxist views: the family as part of the ideological state apparatus, as an agent of social control. * Feminist views: patriarchy; liberal, radical and Marxist feminism. Consensus/Positive views of the family | Conflict/critical views of the family | * Functionalist theories: the family performs positive functions for individuals and society * New Right theories: the family is the cornerstone of society, but it is under threat | * Marxist theories: the family provides important functions for capitalism * Feminist theories: the family reinforces gender inequality and patriarchy | Functionalist theories GP Murdock | Evaluation | Murdock argues that the family is a universal institution (it exists everywhere) that performs four major functions: * Stable satisfaction of the sex drive with the same partner, preventing the social disruption caused by sexual ‘free-for-all’. * Reproduction of the next generation, without which society would not be able to continue. * Socialisation of the young into society’s shared norms and values. * Meeting its members’ economic needs, such as shelter and food. * | However, other sociologists have criticised his functionalist approach. Marxists...
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...the woman’s role in the family today. Item 2B Government policies and laws include tax and benefit policies as well as legislation such as relating to divorce and marriage. Sociologists have different views on the impact of these policies and laws on families. For example, feminists argue that social policies assume that the ideal family is a patriarchal nuclear family, and that government policies and laws therefore favour this sort of family. On the other hand, the New Right argue that the benefit system undermines traditional nuclear families by actively encouraging lone parents. 0 6 Explain what is meant by the ‘dual burden’ (Item 2A). (2 marks) 0 7 Explain the difference between the expressive role and the instrumental role (Item 2A). (4 marks) 0 8 Suggest three ways in which the differences between children and adults are becoming less clear in society today. (6 marks) 0 9 Examine the reasons for, and the effects of, changes in family size over the past 100 years or so. (24 marks) 1 0 Using material from Item 2B and elsewhere, assess sociological views of the impact of government policies and laws on family life. Item 2A Over the past 40 years or so, there has been a decline in the number of first marriages in the United Kingdom. One of the reasons for this decline is the change in the role of women in society. In order to develop their careers, women may be rejecting the notion of marriage altogether and remaining single. Over the same period, there...
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...DIVORCE REASONS AND IT'S EFFECTS Why has divorce become much more common over recent years? There are several reasons, which involve the wider changes going on in modern societies and in social institutions. Changes in the law has also made divorce much easier. Additionally, except for a small proportion of wealthy people, marriage today no longer has much connection with the desire to perpetuate property and status from generation to generation. I have there identified that, as more women become more economically independent, marriage is less of a necessary economic partnership. Greater overall prosperity means that it is easier to establish a separate household in case of marital disaffection. The fact that little stigma now attaches to divorce is in some part the result of this developments but add momentum to them also. A further important factor is the growing tendency to evaluate to marriage in terms of the level of personal satisfaction it offers. Rising rates of divorce do not seem to indicate a deep dissatisfaction with marriage as much, but an increased determination to make it a rewarding and satisfying relationship. I found out that, other factors that show a positive correlation to the likelihood of divorce are related to an individual's life cycle include the following: 1. Parental divorce (people whose parents divorce are more likely to divorce) 2. Premarital cohabitation (people who cohabitate before marriage have a higher divorce rate ) 3. Premarital childbearing...
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...that it actually exists, diagnosing its source and solving it in a way that limits its recurrence. This paper aims to establish how denial is an obstacle to families’ efforts towards regaining their functional status and why dysfunctional families remain so. Study Problem There is an inadequacy of the information available for psychologists and other social work experts on which they should base their strategies for helping families develop effective communication in an attempt to solve the family and social problems. Purpose of the study In the contemporary world, each community is faces one or more social problems, especially those affecting families. In reality, there is no ‘complete’ functional family in any one given society, which implies that there is need for each community to embark on finding the solutions to such problems (Davies, Davies, & Cummings, 2002). One of the major problems in the...
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...on the functions of the unit e.g. support. The Cereal Packet Family A popular image of the family in Britain in the late twentieth century has been described as the cereal packet family. The ‘happy family’ image gives the impression that most people live in a typical family and these images reinforce the dominant ideology of the traditional nuclear family. Functionalists Roles of the Family – Parsons The Functionalist Talcott Parsons sees two main functions that the family performs these are: • The primary socialisation of children Parson argues that every individual must internalise the norms and values of society. He said it is the family that moulds the child’s personality to fit the needs of society, producing children who are committed to shared norms and values and who have a strong sense of belonging to society • The stabilisation of adult personalities Adults need emotional security, which is given by partners in a marriage, and they also need a source of release from the stresses and strains of daily life, which they get from being able to indulge in childish behaviour when playing with their children. This ‘stabilisation’ is often referred to as the ‘warm bath theory’. Other functions of the family; • The family is an important agent of social control. It defines what is socially acceptable behaviour. The family also allow...
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...on the functions of the unit e.g. support. The Cereal Packet Family A popular image of the family in Britain in the late twentieth century has been described as the cereal packet family. The ‘happy family’ image gives the impression that most people live in a typical family and these images reinforce the dominant ideology of the traditional nuclear family. Functionalists Roles of the Family – Parsons The Functionalist Talcott Parsons sees two main functions that the family performs these are: • The primary socialisation of children Parson argues that every individual must internalise the norms and values of society. He said it is the family that moulds the child’s personality to fit the needs of society, producing children who are committed to shared norms and values and who have a strong sense of belonging to society • The stabilisation of adult personalities Adults need emotional security, which is given by partners in a marriage, and they also need a source of release from the stresses and strains of daily life, which they get from being able to indulge in childish behaviour when playing with their children. This ‘stabilisation’ is often referred to as the ‘warm bath theory’. Other functions of the family; • The family is an important agent of social control. It defines what is socially acceptable behaviour. The family also allow...
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...TOPIC: THE RISE OF DIVORCE CASES IN ISLAMABAD Introduction: Over the years, there is seen the rise in number of divorce cases in Islamabad. According to Islamabad Arbitration Council, in 2005, there were 314 divorce cases reported in the press. In 2010, the number rose to 625 and in 2011, the number increased by 40 percent respectively. Islamabad is the capital city of Pakistan; demographically it is comprised of heterogeneous people. Mostly the inhabitants in Islamabad are not local rather some of them have migrated while others are living on temporary basis. People here are educated enough and much aware of their fundamental rights. Tangibly it is modern city in outlook. The way of life in Islamabad seems to be inspired by outer world. Furthermore, they are more liberal in their thoughts. As for as the people of the city are concerned they are totally different in respect of their behavior, attitude and life style as compare to the people of other cities like, Karachi, Lahore, and Quetta. Owing to the aforementioned demography of Islamabad, the causes in hold behind the divorce cases are quite different from those in other parts of the country (mostly rural). The more liberal overlook, higher education, heterogeneous society with people having different social background, financial status and to some extent the joint family system are some of the major causes in hole behind the rise of divorce cases in Islamabad. Literature Review: “Karney and Bradbury, emphasize...
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...poverty affects 45% of children living without a father (Badger, 2014). Research also reveals there may be a relation between income levels in the metropolitan areas and a large scale of single mothers in the region. This suggests there are various reasons as to what may be affecting the state of single mothers in the US. In addition, it is crucial to examine all possible elements of the issue to deduce the probable concerns that may facilitate and/or promote the problem (Badger, 2014). The recession of 2007...
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... Custody of children 2 The rate of divorces has increased in our modern society. Divorces cause a lot of negative effects and the biggest sufferer in this type of situation is the child because he or she either gets the love of his or her father or mother. Mostly it is seen that father lose the custody cases of their children. Although a child needs both his parents to have a good upbringing, the mother can do a better job if single, with her child than the father. There are many reasons why fathers lose the cases, maybe because mother has an undetectable bond with her child and a better understanding of the child's daily needs. One of the main reasons why father do not get the custody is because mother has an undetectable bond with her child. This bonding with the child is mostly due to the mother carrying the child in her womb for about good 9 months, which attaches both of them emotionally. Nothing can be compared with this emotional bond. Whenever a child has faces difficulties in life he or she goes to the mother for help. Mother understands the problem of children better than father and the children are also more comfortable with the mother.get to know about all the needs of her child without being spoken. Another important reason could be mother has a better understanding of the children's daily needs. She can have a job, and still take care of everything else, from...
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...Divorce should be legalized in the Philippines Divorce. The dissolution of marriage. The termination of a marital union. The cancelling and reorganizing of the legal duties and responsibilities of marriage. The dissolution of matrimony between a married couple. In more simpler terms, the end. The end of a couple’s marriage or their so called ‘forever.’ Within our fast-changing society, we are also susceptible to change. A change in our physique, our mind, our views, and even in our relations. One of the reasons why divorce is being implemented on other countries. They felt the change. The change in one’s marital association. Some, specially the hopeless romantic, say that their marriage is the epitome of their lives. But one’s life is never perfect unless we feel that it IS perfect. But what if that perfection turned into a living nightmare? Would you still be happy? Will you be oblivious with the things thrown in front of your face? Violence, infidelity, abandonment, and lies. These are my main reasons of supporting GABRIELA Women's Party representatives Luzviminda C. Ilagan and Emerenciana A. De Jesus with House Bill No. 1799, or an Act of Legalizing Divorce in the Philippines. An Act Introducing Divorce in the Philippines amending for the Purpose Title II, Articles 55 to 66 Inclusive and Article 26 of Executive Order of 209, as amended otherwise known as the Family Code of the Philippines and repelling Article 36 of the Same Code and for other purposes. What are the...
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...some idea about how the exam questions might be answered. Again, these are not the only ways to answer such questions but they can be treated as one way of approaching questions of these types. Topic 1 Functionalist and New Right views of the family How have functionalist and New Right thinkers explained family life and the relationship between families and social change? 1 The organic analogy refers to the extended comparison made by functionalists between the human or other living body and society, with the organs of the body equivalent to institutions and structures in society. 2 Primary socialisation refers to the first and most important stage of the socialisation process by which young children absorb the norms and values of their culture, mainly from their parents. Note: make sure your answer explains both ‘primary’ and ‘socialisation’. 3 One way in which the nuclear family is more suited than other types of family to modern industrial society is that it allows for geographical mobility; it is easier to move a nuclear family to a new area for, say, a new job than to move an extended family. A second way is that the division of roles by gender means that the male breadwinner can work long hours in a workplace while his wife cares for the children and home. Note: the word ‘suggest’ in the question indicates that you do not have to provide evidence that your answers are correct. There will be more than two possible answers. 4 One change...
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...Introduction There are 1,250,000 lone-parent families in the UK, and 19 percent of all these families have children(Millar, 1999). The quantity of single parents have almost increased two-fold since early 1970s and this growth is part of widest patterns of change in family structure. Here are so many reasons for this, for example, the rising in extramarital births, the increasing in cohabitation, the rising in the divorce, and the rising of remarriage and cohabitation after divorce. (Millar, 1999). In 2000, it may be that less than 50% of all children in the United Kingdom will have spent all their lives in a traditional two parents family with both their real parents (Kiernan & Wicks, 1990 cited Millar, 1996). The essay will analyse several of the main factors which have affected the changing of the lone mothers families in the UK. And both the troubles and fortunes that received by lone mothers. There are three main parts to explain the changing of lone parents families in Britain: the changing policy; the ascending economy; the changing sociology ( social value). The Three Main Factors—Policy, Economy, and Sociology, for the Increasing of the Lone Mothers Families in the United Kingdom Since 1971 to 1990 the number of divorced and seperated female with children increased from 290,000 to 650,000; the quantity of single mother rose from 90,000 to 390,000. The numbers of lone fathers have also raised from 70,000 to 110,000, but they still very much in the small number ,at nearly...
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...Divorce and the Destruction of the Family Ron Swanson Western Washington University The Destruction of the Family Throughout history, societies that valued traditional marriage and sexual abstinence were able to remain fundamentally strong and have flourished. Once a society decides to abandon these simple principles, destruction inevitably follows. J. Unwin (1934) wrote, “In human records, there is no instance of a society retaining its energy after a complete new generation has inherited a tradition which does not insist on prenuptial and postnuptial continence” (Unwin, 1934, p. 174). In today’s society, family and marriage are not defined by the traditional definition handed down through several millennia of history; rather the definition has been warped, and a new unstable version of the family has been accepted by our society. Traditional marriage is by its nature, the foundation of the family. The family is the building block of society, and marriage is the basis of the family. The devaluation of the conventional family, and more specifically, the destruction of traditional marriage by divorce, can have no other outcome but the destruction of our society. There are many reasons to evaluate why we have arrived at this state in our society: the growth of consumerism and commercialism, influence of Hollywood over our lives, the decline of religiosity in the United States, the decline of the social order and neighborhood relationships. All of these reasons are legitimate...
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...it is born, as the child cannot get this care from the male, the male’s investment is much less, as the male can “opt out” where the mother cannot. The investment made by mothers is also great, as human babies are more dependant and require more care, as they are born less developed than other species. A reason why male investment is less of that than females is because males are always at risk of cuckoldry – investing resources in another man’s child – where females are always certain the child is theirs. Therefore the males invest less in the child, to reduce the risk of cuckoldry and therefore reduce potential resource wasting. Additionally, the risk of cuckoldry means there is more concern from the males over the sexual fidelity of mates, so as their investment is well spent. Conversely, a women’s concern is more prominently over emotional fidelity, as they want to increase the male investment in the child, so the child has good resources, which increases the chance of offspring survival. However there are some problems with this explanation of sex differences. One key flaw is that is offers no explanation for why some women desert their children after birth or in some cases commit infanticide, these two situations demonstrate that the mother is not always keen to...
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