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ns1- Dual burden refers to the women doing the household work and also taking on paid

employment . The husband does not even assist her in the household chores .

Ans 2- The new man is said to be more caring and helpful around the house. Such As he

helps his wife and in e!ually shares ring house- hold tasks . The are "oint con"ugal roles.

The new man also treats the wife as an e!ual  gender such as he is not violent as the other men

. e does not physically and mentally abuse his wife # avoids domestic violence . The newman does not follow patriarchal values

Ans $- There are many theories put forward by feminist who argue that the family system is

nothing but a system of e%ploitation of women .

&adical feminist argue that the family system is where the patriarchal system stems from #

the male dominance over women . The man has the hold over all the power relations in the

family # from the finances to decision making the all the important decisions in the family .

 This way the women is always placed placed under subordinatione in the social relations.

and is discriminated against . The feeling of being discriminated all the time leads to a very

stress full life for the women and according to social trends only 2'( of women who divorce

regret it and )'( of men who are divorcees believe they should have still stayed married.

*oreover# women and children are also sub"ect to domestic violence . So physically andmentally being abused from their own family members proves it is not a pretty safe place to

 be. Dobash and Dobash found that after the most common form of violence which is between

2 unrelated men was assault on wife. And it has been noted that merely 2( of all such crimes

are reported to the police.+n average# ,2( of female murder victims are killed by current or

former partners riminal Statistics 2//10. n the 3# an average of 2 women die per week

due to domestic abuse . n this respect # women fear their actions both in the private and the

 public sphere of lives according to studies.

This is also the case with children # 4S5 in 2/// found that 1/( of children suffered

serious abuse or neglect at home caused by their natural parents. 6hile in 2//) the teen

maga7ine Sugar in association with the 4S5 found 1)( of teenage girls were hit by their

 parents.

  The elderly also have to fear for their lives as they start to become more dependant on their 

family members for personal needs and aren8t even able to earn a living # as the family

members do not have much patience to tolerate them very much . n tamil nadu # kerala #india

there is a culture of murdering the elderly when the stratstart to become a burden a practice

called 9thalaikathloon9.

  :dmund leach was not a sociologist but an anthropologist but as sociology borrows a

little from every one it could be useful to bring his study in light .according to him that the

industrialli7ation which has made the family isolated socially and has placed great unbearable

emotional striansstrain on it . 6hen the e%pecationse%pectations are not fullfiled from the

relationships it creates great confict and stressful strains in the family which may lead todivorce as well . Affecting every one in it .

Ans,- 5atriarchy refers to male dominance over women .the family life is the private sphere

of life connected to people through blood# kinship and marriage ties .fuctionalist have a

happy view ofthe society where as the feminist find its in favour of men and nothing else.

;eminist argue that family is a patriatchal system . 6here the man dominates # discriminates

and subordinates the women . The radical feminist views are e%plained in !ns$ . They belive

that if the pataraichal system was to be overthrown then the family system would be the first

to go.

*ale dominance is shown in varous ways. ;or e%ampe in the form of domestic violence . t

can also be seen in the economical sphere of life where when marriage #means and end tocareer and full time "ob but only for the women and not the man . As :elston studied showed

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that in a house where both both partners were full time doctors it was the women who still did

ma"ority of the shopping # cooking and cleaning. The man only did the maintenace work .this

shows tahtthat women was responsible for mistmost of the daily routines work but the man

only needed to do the repair which usually arises twice a month or is given to the repair shops

many times. *oreover# it was