... sexually cohabiting adults". Murdock was a functionalist therefore suggestively did not consider other alternatives to what a family could be, to me his definition of family is strong proof of his functionalist views. He believed the family had 4 functions: economic for provision of food, educational for socialisation and culture, sexual to bring husband and wife together and reproductive to provide members for society, also for ... a universal social institution it is not necessary that it has to meet the criteria given by Murdock, the functions can also be met in families of whom are ...

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