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Families and relationships (Component 1, Section B)
Quick questions on Functions of the family - OCR A-Level Sociology Families and relationships
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What is the Marxist view?Show answer
Marxists reject the consensus picture. Engels argues the monogamous nuclear family developed to ensure the inheritance of private property down a legitimate male line, so the family is bound up with class and capitalism from the start. Zaretsky argues the family is a unit of consumption that props up capitalism by buying its products, and a "haven" that cushions workers from exploitation, reconciling them to the system rather than serving them.
What is q1?Show answer
Outline two functions of the family identified by Murdock. [4 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
Outline and explain two ways in which Marxists argue the family benefits capitalism. [12 marks]
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