Childhood is partly a social construct: sociologists says that childhood is not only a biological stage in development but a social construct. The idea that children are different from adults in their values, behaviour and attitudes isn’t the same everywhere in the world. It is not universal, some cultures view childhood in different ways An… Read more

The rise of the nuclear family led to joint conjugal roles: Conjugal roles are the roles of the husband and wife (or partner and partner) within a home. ELIZABETH BOTT (1975) studied how jobs and roles within the family were allocated to men and women in modern industrial Britain. Her study is old, but it… Read more