For a Class Assignment, Joshua Was Required to Provide a Critique

question 93

Multiple Choice

For a class assignment, Joshua was required to provide a critique of the functionalist perspective of families. Which of the following would he NOT include as one of his arguments?

• A) Functionalists fail to see the connection between financial dependence and marriage dynamics.
• B) Functionalism results in an implicit criticism of families that do not fit the ideal.
• C) Functionalism indirectly promotes gender-based inequalities.
• D) Functionalism promotes a historical view of families.

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