Family Relationships and Parental Roles

In the Ashanti tribe, children are considered to belong to the fathers and his clan.

The Shaker community practiced exclusive attachments between male-female cohabitations.

The kibbutzim allowed couples to be monogamous and share a common residence.

The New World Black Family typically involves a single mother and her children supported by extended family.

According to Murdock, all social systems are based on the four sub-systems developed by Parsons.

For the economic system to work, according to Parsons, it needs the family to produce individuals focused on non-economic aspects of life.

The family was multifunctional in the past but has now become more specialized.

According to Horwitz, the family serves as a bridge between individuals and the outside world.

Families primarily enforce competitive behavior within the household.

Children can learn behavior by observing adults in the family.

The family's general role is to undermine capitalism in three ways.

The functions of the family have remained unchanged over time.

Gender roles in the family are still connected to social identities.

According to GERSCHUNNY ET AL, women do more DIY tasks than men.

According to KAN, women doing housework increases when they are in paid labor.

According to RAMOS, work is equal when the woman is unemployed and the man is employed.

Traditional families often have women who do more housework according to PLECK.

According to WILLMOTT, there is a stronger reliance on traditional roles in dividing tasks at home.