NURSING ANM AND GNM

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SOCIOLOGY

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Who wrote about ‘conventional families’, and that these are becoming less stereotypical
A
Talcott Parsons
B
Emile Durkhiem
C
Anne Oakley
D
Karl Marx
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Ann Oakley defined the conventional family as “nuclear families composed of legally married couples, voluntarily choosing parenthood of one or more children".

Detailed explanation-2: -Ann Oakley is a writer and a sociologist. She has written both novels and many non-fiction books. Most of her life has been spent working in university research. She is best known for her work on sex and gender, housework, childbirth and feminist social science.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the 1980s Feminist Sociologist Ann Oakley (1982) described the image of the typical or ‘conventional’ family. She said, ‘conventional families are nuclear families composed of legally married couples, voluntarily choosing the parenthood of one or more (but not too many) children.

Detailed explanation-4: -Ann Oakley’s gender theory: Sex, Gender and Society (1972) Oakley introduced the term ‘sociology of gender’ in her 1972 publication. She distinguishes between the terms ‘sex’ and ‘gender’, drawing attention to the social influences of gendered behaviour on men and women.

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