... the ideal family for modern society because it fits the needs of society so well, and makes the best use of men and women's different natural abilities. Functionalists like Parsons who were writing some years ago before the rise of feminism made assumptions that women should not go out to work. Recently a new set of ideas have arisen. The New Right View is concerned by the decline e of the nuclear family. It is argued that the stable environment children need has been undermined by a whole series of changes beginning in the 1960s. In this investigation, I am going to look at whether these stereotypes are proven to be right or wrong. Also, I will look at how the conventional nuclear family is portrayed in society by the media as well as other members of society. I chose this topic to research because I find it interesting ...

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