Marxists view the family as maintaining capitalism through ideological and physical reproduction. The family passes on values like discipline and obedience that support the system, and bears the costs of raising new workers. However, Marxism is criticized for ignoring women's oppression in families and the positive benefits families provide members, like intimacy.

1. Marxist Perspectives on the Family<br />Marxists share with the …………………………………… the idea that they examine the functions performed by the family in the maintenance of capitalist society. The big difference is that Marxists are opposed to ………………………….. as they see it as unfair and exploitative.Engels<br />The first Marxist writer to comment on the family and its functions was Marx's friend and collaborator Frederick …………………. in quot;
The Origin of Private Property and the State.quot;
Engels argued that the family emerged with the advent of private ……………………….. The family and marriage represents mens' early attempts to ensure that they could pass on their property to legitimate ……………. By ensuring sexual fidelity of the female through ……………………….. the male was able to ensure that his children were actually his.Maintenance of CapitalismMarxists also argue that the …………………………maintains and continues capitalism in the following ways1. Ideological reproduction - the family is an important agent of socialisation in the passing on the “...…………….”of the capitalist system. For example, discipline, hard work, obedience, respect for…………………………..are all passed onto children with the ………………………. usually being the central figure in this transmission<br />2. Physical Reproduction - The family rears the next generation of ………………… This is very ……………………. for the capitalist class, as they do not have to near the costs of reproduction of the labour force. One family………………….maintains the whole family.Criticisms of the Marxist perspective1.It fails to analyse at any length the oppression of…………………….in families2. It is entirely…………………….about the family and does not give any of the positive benefits of the family to family members<br />3. It ignores family ……………………..<br />4. …………………………… argue that Marxists ignore the very real benefits that the family provides for its members, such as intimacy etc. <br />FunctionalismCapitalismpropertymarriagefamilyvaluesauthoritycheapFunctionalistsEngelsheirsfatherwagewomenworkersnegativediversity<br />