Young and Willmott think these changes have occurred due to the vast rise in feminism, and that this has had a major impact on gender roles generally; females have started to reject the traditional housewife role due to the influence that feminism has had on their attitudes, they have fought a long and hard battle for equal rights in the workplace and in education. ... There is no evidence that the domestic division of labour has been improved but there is evidence that men are starting to share the domestic roles in the home however, majority of those roles are still segregated and are still ...

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Functionalism directly supports this traditionalist approach, including heterosexual marriage and specific gender roles within the household, including instrumental roles for men and expressive roles for women. ... Certain organisations within society are still extremely conservative towards gender roles, which is evident in Christine Odone's article published by the Daily Mail, suggesting females cannot be 'true women' if working and must embrace femininity by bearing children. ... In my opinion, the media plays a large role in the collectiveness of society. ...

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Response There are many factors which contributed to the attitudes people have towards marriage, co-habitation and divorce over the last 45 years, some of which are: • Diversity • Secularization • Law The law plays a huge role in the increase of divorce over the last 45 years, when divorce was first introduced in the 18th century, it was only obtainable by wealthy men and it was practically impossible for women to obtain as they had to provide proof of their husbands breaking any matrimonial laws. ... Allan and Crow suggested that "marriage is less embedded within the e...

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