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Changes from the 1960s

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This essay is on how much the family has changed since the 1960s. This essay will contain the definitions and variations of the family and how they have changed. There will also be details of the differences of theoretical perspectives. There are many types of families; the most common family group is a nuclear family consisting of two adults of both sexes whom are in a sexual relationship, with children either biological or adopted. They must cohabitate in the same house hold and share income or domestic tasks to some extent. Then there are extended families, an extended form of the nuclear family. The extended family consists of kin and other various relatives. Another version of the extended family is the local extended family …show more content…

Unlike the 1960s where religion was important in the 2000s lone parent families, children born out of wed lock are on the rise by 40% and illegitimate teenage pregnancy are up by 25% as marriage is not seen as religious but just the norm, a bonding of two people rather than for god. Gay marriage and adoption for example in the 1960s would never have even been contemplated and would have been thought as morally and sinfully wrong, but now in 2009 gay marriage is slowly becoming more excepted and not thought of as immoral or sinful but just an alternative way of living. In the 2000s Britons are much more independent and democratic as welfare and benefits have increased. Whereas in the 1960s the norm was to be in a nuclear or some form of extended family with the mother at home and the father at work, now living alone has increased by 30% and cohabitation is on the rise as well as gender role reversal. Now more and more women are becoming bread winners and more men are becoming house husbands. Most feminists still believe that we live in a male dominated world and that the glass ceiling is still exists but other would argue that equality is most important and that as long as there is no discrimination and that, boys and girls both have fair chances we are making progress. We have come a long way from the days where girls were not allowed to go to school or engage in the

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