The document discusses the role and nature of families in society. It argues that families primarily serve to socialize children into conforming with societal hierarchies and norms. Additionally, families benefit capitalism by providing unpaid domestic labor and reproducing the workforce at low cost, while also maintaining social stability and passing on private property between generations. The roles of women in particular are described as serving men and children through housework, caregiving, and managing men's emotions.

1. Who says what?
The family is socially The family is an important
useful and happy institution because of its
institution providing the contribution to maintaining
best context for bringing social stability.
up children.
The family is patriarchal Children are socialized by
and unequal controlled by the family and other
men. institutions to conform to
the dominant ideology.
Only the family provides Patterns of obedience laid
warmth, security and down by the family form
emotional support needed the basis for acceptance of
to keep society stable. the hierarchy of power and
control in capitalist
society.
Women’s role in the family The family always benefits
is to do housework, to care either men or capitalism.
for children, the sick, the
elderly and to flatter,
excuse, sympathise and
pay attention to men.
The image of the caring The family exists to pass
and loving family ignores on private property from
the violence against one generation to the next
women and sexual crimes and to prepare a
such as rape within submissive and obedient
marriage. workforce

2. The family is an important Women absorb their
institution maintaining husbands ‘anger and
male power. frustration from their
powerlessness in the work
place they stop rebellion.
Families are factories It is highly unlikely that
producing stable any society will find an
personalities. adequate substitution to
take over the role of the
nuclear family.
Women’s’ unpaid domestic
labour reproduces the
workforce at no cost to the
capitalists.