Functionalists- Family

Family serves four functions for society

Sexual

provides stable, sexual relationship for adults

Economic

provides for its members

Educational

socialises children the 'norms' and 'values' of society

Reproductive

provides new members for soceity

Critisism

Marxists

Family- maintains capilitalised society

Functionalism neglects conflict and exploitation

Feminists

Family- serves men not society, opression of women

Functionalism deglects conflict and exploitaion