argue that women no longer need to marry since they have their own financial support; they would argue that before women would marry to be financially stable

argues that women are now more focused on their careers than family. Interviews in the 1970's showed that women were more focused on starting families than anything else, but now are more focused on starting careeers

argues that there is more secularization in today's society. This is where religion is seen as less important and has less influence on people's behaviour

The Divorce Reform Act was in

Gay marriage was introduced in

studied the Ladette culture

argues that the family teaches inequality

argues that family change has been exaggerated and that all family types had previously existed, they were just underground

is a radial feminist and thinks all women should avoid being in relationships and families with men because they are dangerous

thinks that the nuclear family is still the most popular type of family form and thinks that family diversity has been exaggerated

% of people in today's society are born into single parent families. This is compared to % of those prior to 1950

and argue that the nature of work has affected the role of the breadwinner. Previously, work was mainly manual labor and much ore suited for men. However, the technological nature of today's work means that women can do it to.

argues that the government are rather encouraging women to work, through the use of maternity leave and maternity pay, for example

has a post-modern view point and argues that marriage is now a choice because they have a higher expectation of what a relationship should be

states that women are more likely to hold onto jobs they don't like in order to finance themselves

has a critical view of women and argue that women depend on benefits to look after their children. This applies most strongly to single mothers

thinks that all lone parent families are women and that they feed off the state and are lazy

talks about the labelling of the working class and the use of slang, such as "chav's" in order to make the working class feel bad about being in their social class

argues that nowadays, people expect more from marriage and are less likely to get married quickly

argues that cohabitation is more common than marriage

argue that we live in a child centered society because child/parent relationships are closer

argues that most single parents are women who have had relationship breakdowns

argues that Gay families have always existed, but it is seen as less deviant in today's age, so it appeared to have become more popular

studies LAT families

% of stay-at-home parents are male

According to , most people cohabitate because they're scared of divorce

argue that old people are unlikely to live with others again once their current partner dies

argues that living alone is seen among young people as a status symbol

argues that childhood is socially constructed

argue that children create their own childhood

states that similarly to adults, children have instrumental and expressive roles and help to support their parents

argues that girls can be caring and supportive, but can also be bitchy and socially exclude people

states that men are unlikely and unable to discuss their emotions (most likely due to their socialization)

Men are times more likely to commit suicide than women

, argues that childhood is disappearing because children have access to the adult world and imitate adults

talks about the dangers of childhood and coined the "toxic childhood" study

argues that class is relevant to how children are raised. He argues that it is seen as lower class if parents do not raise their children well and is a social status symbol

talks about instrumental and expressive roles

did the time-use surveys and talks about the role of women and housework

argue that today's family is symmetrical and both parents have conjugal roles

% of today's breadwinners are female

argues that men do more domestic labor but they don't like having to do so

argues that in the family, women make frequent unimportant decisions and men make more important decisions

also argues that women make unimportant decisions in the household. They also make decisions a lot less then men do

argues that there has been an overall shift in equaity when it comes to decision making in the household

talks about men having a "lagged adaptation"

says womens behavior is constrained in the household by a fear of men

A call about domestic violence is made every seconds

% of domestic violence calls are made by wome

studied "confluent Love"

states that women have an erotic capital and use this to exploit men

argues that the elderly are very useful for families, especially those that are disadvantaged (e.g lone parent) because they can help to provide financial and emotional support etc.

argues that even with change in our society, breadwinners are still likely to be male

argues about the "fit-thesis". This is where the family adapts to be the most functional for the society they're currently in