Answer to Question #207842 in Sociology for shritha

Question

1.    How do sociologists explain changes in the social institution of family with modernization? Can the family be a site of oppression? Illustrate your answer with relevant examples.

Answer 1

The family as a social institution contributes to social inequality in several ways. The social identity it gives to its children does affect their life chances, but it also reinforces a society's system of stratification. Secondly, the family can also be a source of conflict for its own members. Industrialization radically disrupts this more or less autonomous family economy. It takes away the economic function of the family and reduces it to a unit of consumption and socialization. Production moves away from the household to the factory.

Slavery, the refusal to allow women to inherit and own property, the denial of equal rights to people with disabilities, and the involuntary commitment of people who deviate from social norms are all examples of oppression.