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Biases, assumptions and pre-understandings.
The acceptance of domestic violence is still seen today, this acceptance is also known as rule of thumb. The expression ‘rule of thumb’ derives from an old English times meaning that a man could beat his wife with any reasonable instrument as long as it was no thicker than your thumb. In modern society domestic violence is common and more needs to be done to prevent it. While the reasons or causes of domestic violence vary, though a common denominator is the perpetrator is controlling.
Most people in today’s society are in agreement that domestic violence should be stopped, as it is an emotionally hazardous and emotionally caustic environment to raise a child in. However, the ‘learned helplessness’ (a psychological term) means that a victim is dependent on the abuser and will put up with being abused.
Modern society has seen a change in family diversity with an increased number of citizens having a greater choice over the type of family they create. This has resulted in family life becoming more diverse than ever. Therefore in postmodern society, there is no longer one single type of family that is dominant – only families plural as stated by David Cheal (2012)
Examples of the changes are:
1. The number of traditional nuclear family households has fallen
2. Divorce rates have increased
3. There are fewer first time marriages, but more re-marriages. People are marrying later in life
4. More couples are cohabiting
5. Same-sex relationships can be legally recognised through civil partnerships
6. Women are having fewer children and having them later in life
7. There are more births outside marriage
8. There are more single-parent families
9. More people live alone
10. There are more stepfamilies, and more couples without children
Further to this Anthony Giddens states that family diversity has allowed a greater equality between men and women. This permits the basis of marriage and the family to evolve into one in which the couple are free to define their relationship themselves, rather than acting out roles that have been defined in advanced by law or tradition. For example, they can now choose whether to marry or cohabit. The downside of this Gidden points out is a lack of stability in personal relationships.
Judith Stacey argues that changes in the position of women (women re-entering the workforce) has increased the diversity of family types. Stacey’s research found that women have been the main agents of change in the family. Many of the women she interviewed rejected the traditional stay-at-home role and instead created new types of family that better suited their choice to work, return to education, divorce and re-marry.
Finally some sociologists have suggested that these changes have led to a ‘crisis of masculinity’ in which some men experience anxiety about their role. As such, the result of this could be an increase in domestic violence in an attempt to re-assert their traditional masculinity.
The acceptance of domestic violence is still seen today, this acceptance is also known as rule of thumb. The expression ‘rule of thumb’ derives from an old English times meaning that a man could beat his wife with any reasonable instrument as long as it was no thicker than your thumb. In modern society domestic violence is common and more needs to be done to prevent it. While the reasons or causes of domestic violence vary, though a common denominator is the perpetrator is controlling.
Most people in today’s society are in agreement that domestic violence should be stopped, as it is an emotionally hazardous and emotionally caustic environment to raise a child in. However, the ‘learned helplessness’ (a psychological term) means that a victim is dependent on the abuser and will put up with being abused.
Modern society has seen a change in family diversity with an increased number of citizens having a greater choice over the type of family they create. This has resulted in family life becoming more diverse than ever. Therefore in postmodern society, there is no longer one single type of family that is dominant – only families plural as stated by David Cheal (2012)
Examples of the changes are:
1. The number of traditional nuclear family households has fallen
2. Divorce rates have increased
3. There are fewer first time marriages, but more re-marriages. People are marrying later in life
4. More couples are cohabiting
5. Same-sex relationships can be legally recognised through civil partnerships
6. Women are having fewer children and having them later in life
7. There are more births outside marriage
8. There are more single-parent families
9. More people live alone
10. There are more stepfamilies, and more couples without children
Further to this Anthony Giddens states that family diversity has allowed a greater equality between men and women. This permits the basis of marriage and the family to evolve into one in which the couple are free to define their relationship themselves, rather than acting out roles that have been defined in advanced by law or tradition. For example, they can now choose whether to marry or cohabit. The downside of this Gidden points out is a lack of stability in personal relationships.
Judith Stacey argues that changes in the position of women (women re-entering the workforce) has increased the diversity of family types. Stacey’s research found that women have been the main agents of change in the family. Many of the women she interviewed rejected the traditional stay-at-home role and instead created new types of family that better suited their choice to work, return to education, divorce and re-marry.
Finally some sociologists have suggested that these changes have led to a ‘crisis of masculinity’ in which some men experience anxiety about their role. As such, the result of this could be an increase in domestic violence in an attempt to re-assert their traditional masculinity.