This then would link in with Parsons' theory of stability as it could be argued that the Proletariat benefit from the family unit, as the female provides emotional and physical support, inspiring and strengthening the male breadwinner to face the harsh realities of society for another day. ... Homosexuality was once illegal in all states around the world, however now becoming more and more socially accepted, with much legal defence supporting it too. ... Postman supports this theory as he argued that childhood was disappearing due to being sent to work from a young age, and not being enco...

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Young and Willmott (1973) believe that the symmetrical family has become the typical family form in Britain; they believe that gender segregation still exist but symmetrical families are developing much more joint conjugal roles and that there has been a large amount of equality between men and women. ... Another aspect of the Symmetrical family is that the role of the 'breadwinner' is more shared that laid upon the male, as there are more families with both spouses in paid-employment than in the past. ... This supports Oakley's theories as they prove that there are still segre...

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Margaret Sanger ended up being jailed on numerous occasions for attempting to change Comstock's laws and during her imprisonment she as if she was betrayed by the feminist movement because she felt they weren't supporting her cause for wanting provide birth control for all women, she felt that, "no feminist movement could succeed without first recognizing the need of birth control for all women regardless of class or race" and with that other feminists saw Ms. Sanger as too belligerent and outspoken for being in support of something so unprincipled such as birth control (The Campaign...

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There's a correlation between the number of people marrying and cohabiting, as the number of people marrying decreases, the number of people cohabiting increases, however Robert Chester (1985) suggests that the majority of couples who cohabit see it as a trial before marriage, Ernestina Coast (2006) supports this as she discovered 75% of the cohabiting couples said they planned on getting marred in the future if their relationship is healthy. ... Although for the majority of cohabiting couples, cohabitation is only a temporary phase for others it's not, for some it's a permanent...

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