Describe various criticisms directed at family structures, such as isolation, unrealistic idealization, loss of traditional functions, and a lack of contact with wider kinship networks.
Analyze the issues surrounding the status and role of women within families, marital breakdown, and the concept of dysfunctional families.
Evaluate Zaretsky's key ideas on familial development from a Marxist perspective.
Assess Delphy and Leonard's feminist critique of the family unit.
Compare and contrast varying sociological perspectives (functionalist, feminist, Marxist) regarding these criticisms.
