Marxist Views of Families
Sociology: AQA GCSE, topic 2.5.2
Marxist Views of Families
Marxists believe that the family role of a woman is to ensure that future generations will provide fit workers for the bourgeoisie to maintain the capitalist system.
Zaretsky
- According to Zaretsky, the family provides a unit of consumption.
- Zaretsky argues that family cushions the frustration of the labour force by creating a safe environment where the proletariat (working-class) can blow off steam.
- As a result, the exploited and oppressed proletariat (working-class) do not start a revolution.
Evaluating Marxist ideas (1)
- Marxist ideas focus only on class inequalities, completely ignoring gender inequalities as well as other types of inequalities.
Evaluating Marxist ideas (2)
- Marxist ideas on family also ignore many other key elements, including:
- Family diversity.
- The fact that women nowadays tend to work.
- The benefits of nuclear families.
Test yourself on Marxist Views of Families
Marxist ideas on family primarily focus on what type of inequalities?