{"id":22269,"date":"2024-06-08T16:53:29","date_gmt":"2024-06-08T11:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/?p=22269"},"modified":"2024-06-08T16:58:30","modified_gmt":"2024-06-08T11:28:30","slug":"family-household-and-marriage-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/family-household-and-marriage-2-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Family | Sociology Optional Coaching | Vikash Ranjan Classes | Triumph IAS | UPSC Sociology Optional"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">When considering the array of 51 optional subjects for the <strong>UPSC Mains Examination<\/strong>, Sociology consistently stands out as a top choice. Its inherent appeal lies in its accessibility and intriguing exploration of humanity and society, catering even to students from Science and Commerce backgrounds. With a well-defined <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.in\/?page_id=758\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>UPSC sociology syllabus<\/strong><\/a><\/span> comprising only 13 units, Sociology can be comprehensively covered within 3 to 4 months, as exemplified by Commerce Graduate <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/_MJcgrqEIEY?si=LrEjAqsumhcsqzg0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>IAS Pradeep Singh<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, who achieved 307 marks in his first attempt. Notably, <strong>Sociology for UPSC<\/strong> has garnered a reputation as one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Highest scoring optional subjects<\/strong><\/a> in the UPSC Main Examination, with numerous candidates consistently achieving 300+. Its popularity is evident in the fact that a significant proportion of top 100 rankers opt for Sociology as their optional subject, showcasing its high scoring potential, particularly for those not from sociology backgrounds. Moreover, relevance of <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.in\/?page_id=758\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Sociology Optional Syllabus for UPSC<\/strong><\/a><\/span> extends beyond the examination hall, enriching understanding across various aspects of life, from social and economic to political and cultural domains. In recent times, Sociology Optional has gained traction, aligning with the evolving trend of the UPSC Mains towards conceptual analysis. Unlike other optional subjects with unpredictable question patterns, Sociology offers stability and predictability, making it an attractive choice. This adaptability, coupled with its concise syllabus and relevance to both academic and social spheres, positions Sociology as the ideal <strong>optional subject for engineers<\/strong> as well as <strong>optional subject for commerce graduates<\/strong> and <strong>optional subject for science graduates<\/strong> seeking success in the <strong>Civil Services Examination<\/strong>. For those pursuing Sociology as an optional subject, accessing comprehensive <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.in\/?page_id=758\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Sociology optional notes<\/strong><\/a><\/span> and few good <strong>Sociology optional books<\/strong>, and previous years&#8217; <strong>UPSC sociology optional question papers<\/strong> is pivotal for thorough preparation. Additionally, for aspirants seeking guidance, renowned educator vikash ranjan at <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TRIUMPH IAS<\/strong><\/a><\/span> coaching institutes in Delhi, offer valuable support and resources. <strong>Vikash Ranjan Sir<\/strong> is the <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/pages-about-vikash-ranjan-triumphias.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Best Sociology Teacher<\/strong><\/a> <\/span>and Triumph IAS is the<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>best<\/strong> <strong>sociology coaching in Delhi<\/strong><\/a><\/span>. If you are away from Old Rajendra Nagar, Delhi, you can still complete Journey of UPSC civil service preparation through <a href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Online Sociology class<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>The scientific nature of Sociology, coupled with its direct applicability to daily social interactions, renders it a subject that can be comprehended without extensive reference materials, distinguishing it from other optional subjects requiring extensive reading and research.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_68 ez-toc-wrap-center counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >What's Inside this Blog!<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/family-household-and-marriage-2-2\/#Family\" title=\"Family\">Family<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/family-household-and-marriage-2-2\/#Family-2\" title=\"Family:\">Family:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/family-household-and-marriage-2-2\/#Main_characteristics_of_family\" title=\"Main characteristics of family:\">Main characteristics of family:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/family-household-and-marriage-2-2\/#The_End_of_the_Blog_Family\" title=\"The End of the Blog : Family\">The End of the Blog : Family<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/family-household-and-marriage-2-2\/#Sociology_Optional_Program_for_UPSC_CSE_2025_2026\" title=\"Sociology Optional Program for \nUPSC CSE 2025 &amp; 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font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Family<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Relevant for Civil Services Examination<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Paper-1, Unit-9 (Systems of Kinship)<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border-style: dotted; border-color: #4f3232; background-color: #fcffe8;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 809.091px;\">\n<h2 id=\"family\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Family-2\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Family:<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>The early and classical definition\u00a0<\/strong>emphasized that the family was a group based on marriage, common residence, emotional bonds, and stipulation of domestic services.\u00a0<strong>The family has also been defined as a<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>group based on marital relations, rights and duties of parenthood, common habitation and reciprocal<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>relations between parents and children. Some sociologists feel that the family is a social group<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>characterized by common residence, economic cooperation and reproduction.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-theme-palette-8-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; color: #000000;\"><strong>Some Popular Definitions:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; color: #000000;\">The family has been seen as a universal social institution an inevitable part of human society.\u00a0<strong>According to Burgess and Lock<\/strong>\u00a0the family is a group of persons united by ties of marriage, blood or adoption constituting a single household interacting with each other in their respective social role of husband and wife, mother and father, brother and sister creating a common culture.<strong>\u00a0G.P Murdock defines the family as a social group characterized by common residence, economic cooperation and reproduction.\u00a0<\/strong>It includes adults of both sexes at least two of whom maintain a socially approved sexual relationship and one or more children own or adopted of the sexually co-habiting adults.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; color: #000000;\"><strong>Nimkoff says that<\/strong>\u00a0family is a more or less durable association of husband and wife with or without child or of a man or woman alone with children.\u00a0<strong>According to Maclver\u00a0<\/strong>family is a group defined by sex relationships sufficiently precise and enduring to provide for the procreation and upbringing of children. <strong>Kingsley Davis\u00a0<\/strong>describes family as a group of persons whose relations to one another are based upon consanguinity and who are therefore kin to one another.\u00a0<strong>Malinowski\u00a0<\/strong>opined that the family is the institution within which the cultural traditions of a society is handed over to a newer generation. This indispensable function could not be filled unless the relations to parents and children were relations reciprocally of authority and respect.\u00a0<strong>According to Talcott Parsons<\/strong>\u00a0families are factories which produce\u00a0<strong>human personalities.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">On the basis of above mentioned definitions of family, it seems that<strong>\u00a0the family is a primary kinship unit<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>which carries out aspects of the sexual, reproductive, economic and educational functions.\u00a0<\/strong>We generally picture\u00a0<strong>a family as a durable association of husband and wife with or without children, or a durable association of man or woman along with children.<\/strong>\u00a0Thus, members in the family live together, pool their resources and work together and produce offspring.\u00a0<strong>A family is also viewed as an adult male and female living together with any offspring in a more or less permanent relationship such as marriage which is approved by their society.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Concluding we can say that:<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>It involves a sexual relationship between adults of opposite sexes;<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>it involves their cohabitation or living together;<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>it involves at least the expectation of relative permanence of the relationship between them;<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Most important of all, the relationship is culturally defined and socially sanctioned.\u00a0<\/strong>Marriage and the family are not just something people become involved in on their own. Some of the ways in which they must relate to each other are decided for them by their society. It is a well known and recognized fact that marriage is the basis for the family. Marriage is recognized as a special kind of relationship since it is the one in which families are created and perpetuated, and the family is the ultimate basis of human society.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"main-characteristics-of-family\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Main_characteristics_of_family\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Main characteristics of family:<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Universality:\u00a0<\/strong>There is no human society in which some form of the family does not appear. Malinowski writes the typical family a group consisting of mother, father and their progeny is found in all communities, savage, barbarians and civilized. The irresistible sex need, the urge for reproduction and the common economic needs have contributed to this universality.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Emotional basis:<\/strong>\u00a0The family is grounded in emotions and sentiments. It is based on our impulses of mating, procreation, maternal devotion, fraternal love and parental care. It is built upon sentiments of love, affection, sympathy, cooperation and friendship.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Limited size:<\/strong>\u00a0The family is smaller in size. As a primary group its size is necessarily limited. It is a smallest social unit.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Formative influence:<\/strong>\u00a0The family welds an environment which surrounds trains and educates the child. It shapes the personality and moulds the character of its members. It emotionally conditions the child.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Nuclear position in the social structure:\u00a0<\/strong>The family is the nucleus of all other social organizations. The whole social structure is built of family units.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Responsibility of the members:<\/strong>\u00a0The members of the family have certain responsibilities, duties and obligations. MacIver points out that in times of crisis men may work and fight and die for their country but they toil for their families all their lives.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Social regulation:\u00a0<\/strong>The family is guarded both by social taboos and by legal regulations. The society takes precaution to safeguard this organization from any possible breakdown.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3 id=\"functionalist-perspective\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Functionalist Perspective:<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>The functionalist perspective sees society as a set of social institutions that\u00a0<\/strong><strong>perform specific functions to ensure continuity and consensus. According to this perspective, the family performs important tasks that contribute to society\u2019s basic needs and helps to perpetuate social order.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-theme-palette-2-color\">The family in any society is an institutional structure which develops through a society\u2019s efforts to get certain tasks done.<\/mark><\/span><\/p>\n<h4 id=\"g-p-murdock\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">G. P. MURDOCK:<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>G. P. Murdock identified four functions of family. These universal functions he term as \u2013 Sexual, Reproductive, Economic and Educational.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>The sexual function\u00a0<\/strong>of the family refers to the regulation of the sexual behaviour of its members. While husband and wife have right of sexual gratification but the threat to social order due to free play of sexual derive is checked.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Reproductive function<\/strong>\u00a0refers to the process of procreation whereby new members of the society are recruited. This ensures the survival of the society and children born to the married spouses to not suffer from the stigma of illegitimacy.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Economic production\u00a0<\/strong>or the extended family involves both production as well as consumption. The property is jointly owned by all members of the family and the relationship between kinsmen at the same time is of employee-employer relationship. The head of the family exercised the final authority in various economic matters.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>The educational function<\/strong>\u00a0of the extended family involves both primary socialization as well as secondary socialization though both take place in an informal setting. In primary socialization, the elder members of the family transmit the basic elements of culture of the new members; acquire the craft and skills for participating in economic production from their elders.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">It could be seen, in traditional Indian Varna system, where the life was divided into four Astramas and its activities were divided in the form of four Purusharthas namely Dharma Artha ,Kama and Moksh. In Grihstha Ashram Kama and Artha play important roles. Kama connotes gratification of sexual needs and procreation of children, where join as the function of Artha was the management of livelihood for the family. Dharma, as a function was engaged in the socialization of children. In this way, Murdock\u2019s classification can be corroborated or exemplified.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 id=\"maciver\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><a href=\"maciver:\">Maciver :<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>MacIver<\/strong>\u00a0has talked about two functions of family \u2013 essential and non-essential.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"essential-function\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong><mark class=\"kt-highlight\"><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-theme-palette-2-color\">Essential Function:<\/mark><\/mark><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Gratification of sexual needs \u2013<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Procreation &amp; rearing of children<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Arrangement of a house-to complete bond between family members.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p id=\"non-essential-functions\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-theme-palette-2-color\">Non essential Functions:<\/mark><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Economic functions \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0MacIver has assumed joint family as a \u2018unit of production\u2019 because all the essential consumption commodities are produced &amp; prepared at home by family members, that is, they do not depend on others for such commodities. Similarly nuclear family is considered as a \u2018unit of consumption\u2019.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Religious function<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Educational function<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Health related function<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Recreational function<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4 id=\"talcott-parsons\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Talcott parsons:<\/span><\/h4>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Talcott parsons<\/strong>\u00a0working in the functionalist tradition have regarded\u00a0<strong>the nuclear family as<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>fulfilling certain specialized roles in modern societies. With the advent of industrialization,<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>the family became less important as a unit of economic production and more focused on reproduction, child-rearing and socialization.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">According to the American sociologist Talcott parsons, the family\u2019s two main functions are\u00a0<strong>primary<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>socialization and personality stabilization. Primary socialization is the process by which children learn the cultural norms of the society into which they are born.<\/strong>\u00a0Because this happens during the early years of childhood, the family is the most important arena for the development of the human personality. Personality stabilization refers to the role that the family is the most important arena for the development of the human personality. Personality stabilization\u00a0<strong>refers to the role that family plays in assisting adult family members emotionally. Marriage between adult men and women is the arrangement through which adult personalities are supported and kept healthy.\u00a0<\/strong>In industrial society the role of the family in stabilizing adult personalities is said to be critical. This is because the nuclear family is often distanced from its extended kin and is unable to draw on larger kinship ties as families could do before industrialization.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Parsons<\/strong>\u00a0regarded the nuclear family as the unit best equipped the handle the demands of industrial society. In the family<strong>, one adult can work outside the home while the second adult cares for the home and children.\u00a0<\/strong>In practical terms, this<strong>\u00a0specialization of roles\u00a0<\/strong>within the nuclear family involved the husband adopting\u00a0<strong>the instrumental role<\/strong>\u00a0as breadwinner, and the wife assuming the\u00a0<strong>affective, emotional role<\/strong>\u00a0in domestic setting.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3 id=\"criticism\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Criticism:<\/span><\/h3>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">In our present age, parson\u2019s view of the family comes across as inadequate and outdate. Functionalist theories of the family have come under<strong>\u00a0heavy criticism for justifying the domestic division of labour between men and women as something natural and unproblematic. Yet viewed in their own historical context, the theories are somewhat more understandable. The immediate post-war years saw women returning to their traditional domestic roles and men reassuming positions as sole breadwinners, we can criticize functionalist views of the family on other grounds, however.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">In emphasizing the importance of the family in performing certain functions<strong>, theorists neglect the role that other social institutions, such as government, media and schools, play in socializing children.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">The theories also neglect variations in family forms that do not correspond to the model of the nuclear\u00a0<strong>family. Families that did not con<\/strong>form to the white, suburban, middle \u2013 class- ideal were seen as deviant.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4 id=\"marxist-perspective\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Marxist Perspective:<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Marxists (Engels &amp; Katleen Gough): One more perspective is that of the Marxists.. according to angels, family change as per the change in the mode of production. when modes of the productions were communally owned, there was no family an<\/strong>d promiscuity prevailed<\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-theme-palette-2-color\">Katleen Gough\u00a0<\/mark><\/strong>supports this view. She notes that man\u2019s nearest relatives, the chimpanzees live in promiscuous herders and this may have been the pattern of early man. According to Engels each successive stage of change or production placed a greater restriction on the numbers of females that an individual could possess<strong>.\u00a0<strong>The monogamous nuclear family<\/strong><\/strong>\u00a0developed with the emergence of private property and to enforce the rule of monogamous marriage.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Vogel and Bell<\/strong>\u00a0have presented\u00a0<strong>a dysfunctional explanation based on finding of an extensive study of American families containing an emotionally disturbed child. They argued that often the tension and hostility of unresolved conflict between parents are projects on the child. The child is thus used as emotional scapegoat by the parents to relive their tension.\u00a0<\/strong>Scapegoating the child served as a personality stabilizing process for the parents and keeps the family united. But the cost of such unity is paid by child.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-theme-palette-2-color\">Edmund Leach :<\/mark><\/strong>\u00a0He has concentrated on the kin and wider community.\u00a0<strong>Today the domestic household is isolated, the family look inward upon itself; there is an intensification of emotional stress between husband and wife and parents and children. This strain is greater than most can bear. Thrown back almost entirely on its resources, the nuclear family becomes like an over loaded electrical circuit. The demand upon it is too great and fuse blows.\u00a0<\/strong>In Leach\u2019s words the parents and children huddled together in their loneliness, take too much of out of each other. This strain is greater than most can bear. The parent is fight, the children rebel.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-theme-palette-2-color\">R.D. Laing:.<\/mark><\/strong>\u00a0He referred to<strong>\u00a0family group as a nexus<\/strong>. He argued that highest concern of the nexus is reciprocal concern. Each partner is concerned about what others think feels and do. Within the nexus, there is the constant unremitting demand for mutual concern and attention. As a result there is a considerable potential for harm, family members are in an extremely vulnerable position. Thus, if a father is angry over his son, given the nature of nexus, son is concerned about his father\u2019s opinion and cannot burst it off lightly. In self defence, he may run to his mother who offers protection. In this way, Laing argues, a family can act as a gangster protection, each other mutual protection against each other\u2019s violence. According to Laing,\u00a0<strong>family is the root of all problems in society.\u00a0<\/strong>Some families live in perpetual anxiety of an external persecuting world. Moreover, the most dangerous feature of the family is the inculcation of obedience in the minds of sibling. Later in Life, they become officials, blindly and unquestionably following orders.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-theme-palette-2-color\">David Cooper:<\/mark><\/strong>\u00a0He pronounced\u00a0<strong>the death of the family.<\/strong>\u00a0He too maintains that the child is destroyed by the family since he is primary taught how to submit to society for the sake of survival. Each child has the potential to be an artist, visionary and revolutionary, but this potential is crushed in the family. The children are taught to play the roles of son and daughter, male and female, such roles are construction.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>In brief these three sociologists provide a balancer to the functionalist view of family<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h4 id=\"feminist-perspective-\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Feminist Perspective :<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Feminism has had a great impact on sociology by challenging the vision of the family as a harmonious and egalitarian realm.<\/strong>\u00a0If previously the sociology of the family had focused on family structures, the historical development of the nuclear and extended family and the importance of kinship ties, feminism succeeded in directing attention inside families to examine the experiences of women in the domestic sphere.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Many feminist writers have questioned the vision that the family is a cooperative unit based on common interests and mutual support.\u00a0<\/strong>They have sought to show that the presence of unequal power relationship within the family means that certain family members tend to benefit more than others.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">The view of Engels was further examined in 60s and 70s by several feminist writers.\u00a0<strong>According to them family is seen as a unit which produced one of the basic commodities of the<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>capitalism, that is labour. It is cheap for the capitalist because they do not have to pay for the production to children or their upkeep. The wife paid nothing for producing and rearing children.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">In the words of\u00a0<strong>Margret Benson<\/strong>, \u201cas an economic unit, the nuclear family is a variably stabilizing force in the capitalist society. Since the production which is alone in the factory, the wife at home is paid for by husband, father\u2019s earning.\u00a0<strong>Further family produces not only cheap labour but it also maintains it in good order at no cost to the employer<\/strong>. The women in her roles as the house-wife attend to her husbands needs. Thus, keeping him in good running order to perform his roles as wage labourers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Ian Ashley<\/strong>\u00a0writes that\u00a0<strong>the emotional support provided by the wife is a safety valve for frustration produced in the husband by working in a capitalist system.\u00a0<\/strong>In her words; when every worker is provided with no space to search up possible revolutionary urge, the bosses rest more secure.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Finally, it is argued that the social reproduction of the labour does not simply involve producing children and maintaining them in good health. It helps in reproduction of the attitudes essential for as obedient work force under capitalism.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Feminist writings have emphasized a broad spectrum of topics, but three main themes are of particular importance.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>One of the central concerns is the domestic division of labour,<\/strong>\u00a0which is allocated between members of a household. There is reason to believe that a domestic division of labour existed prior to industrialization, but it seems clear that capitalist production brought about a much sharper distinction between the domestic and work realms.\u00a0<strong>This process resulted in the crystallization of \u2018male spheres\u2019 and \u2018female spheres\u2019 and power relationships which are felt to this day.<\/strong>\u00a0Until recently, the male breadwinner model has been widespread in most industrialized societies.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Feminist sociologists have undertaken studies on the way domestic tasks, such as childcare and housework, are shared between men and women. They have investigated the validity of claims such as that of\u00a0<strong>the symmetrical family (Young and Wilmott)<\/strong>\u00a0the belief that, over time, families are becoming more egalitarian in the distribution of roles and responsibilities.\u00a0<strong>Finding have shown that women continue to bear the main responsibility for domestic tasks and enjoy less leisure time than men, despite the fact that more women are working in paid employment outside the home than ever before.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Second,\u00a0<\/strong>feminists have drawn attention to\u00a0<strong>the unequal power relationships that exist within many families.\u00a0<\/strong>One topic which has received increased attention as a result of this is the phenomenon of domestic violence. Wife battering, marital rape, incest and the sexual abuse of children have all received more public attention as a result of feminists\u2019 claims that the violent and abusive sides of family life have long been ignored in both academic contexts and legal and policy circles.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>The study of caring activities<\/strong>\u00a0is a third area where feminists have made important contributions. This is a broad realm which encompasses a variety of processes,\u00a0<strong>from attending to a family member who is ill to looking after an elderly relative over a long period of time. Sometime caring means simply being attuned to someone else\u2019s psychological wellbeing. Several feminist writers have been interested to know whether emotion work within relationships. Not only do women tend to shoulder concrete tasks such as cleaning and childcare, but they also invest large amounts personal relationships.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4 id=\"post-modernist\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Post Modernist:<\/span><\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>A post modernistic view<\/strong>\u00a0of the family is at the opposite ends of the scale to functionalism. Post modernists believe that in most societies there are diverse and multi-cultural types of families where members within these units are free to make their own life choices as to how, what and where they live, work and socialise within society. Post modernists also believe that everyone is entitled to the same opportunities in education, healthcare and family support as in their view, there are no class divisions (working and ruling classes), in most societies.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Zietlin et al summarises<\/strong>\u00a0this view of the world, The post modern world is shaped by pluralism, democracy, religious freedom, consumerism, mobility and increasing access to news and entertainment, (Zietlin class handout 2009. 92)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Criticisms :\u00a0<\/strong>Because of their views of equal opportunities and freedom of speech and choices they ignore the fact that some people can and do make wrong choices with regards to ignoring the norms and values which are passed down the generations which inevitably upsets the social control aspects in some societies.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Postmodernist disagree\u00a0<\/strong>with Marxists and Functionalists <\/span>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">They argue that, from the late 20th century, society began to move into a \u2018postmodern\u2019 phase \u2013 a fundamentally new type of society <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">The new postmodern society has 2 key features: Fragmentation of cultures and lifestyles <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Individuals now have more choice and are freer to construct their identities and lifestyles as they wish <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">As a result society is now more a collection of different subcultures (e.g. different youth cultures, ethnic groups, consumption patterns), rather than the single shared culture described by functionalists.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Rapid change <\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Rapid change has made life predictable and orderly <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">New technology and the media break down existing barriers of time and space, and transform work and leisure patterns <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">As a result \u25ca the family has become less stable, but there is now more choice about intimate relationships and domestic arrangement <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">For example, individuals can choose to cohabit, get divorced, have children (own or adapted) outside marriage , come out as gay, live alone etc. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">The result of this greater choice is greater family diversity <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">This means it is no longer possible to generalize about family life in a way that modernist sociologists have done.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 id=\"contemporary-perspective\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Contemporary perspective:<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">In the past decade an important body of sociological literature on the family has emerged which draws on feminist perspectives but is not strictly informed by them.\u00a0<strong>Of primary concern are the larger transformations which are taking place in family forms-<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">The formation and dissolution of families and households, and\u00a0<strong>the evolving expectation within individual\u2019s personal relationships.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">The rise in\u00a0<strong>divorce and lone parenting<\/strong>,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">The emergence of\u00a0<strong>reconstituted families and gay families, and<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">The popularity of<strong>\u00a0cohabitation.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>are all subjects of concern. Yet these transformations cannot be understood apart from the larger changes occurring in our late modern age<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"anthony-giddiness-the-transformation-of-intimacy\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Anthony Giddiness: The Transformation of Intimacy<\/span><\/h3>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Marriage in pre modern society was not generally based on sexual attraction or romantic love;\u00a0<\/strong>instead, it was more often linked to the economic context in which to create a family or to enable to inheritance of property. For the peasantry, a life characterized by unremitting hard labour was unlikely to be conducive to sexual passion although opportunities for men to engage in extramarital liaisons were numerous.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Romantic love, as distinct from the more or less universal compulsions of passionate love, developed in after eighteenth century. Despite its promise of an equal relationship based on mutual attraction, romantic love has in practice tended to lead to the dominance of men over women.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>For many men, the tensions between the respectability of romantic love and the compulsions of passionate love were dealt with by separating the \u201ccomfort of the wife and home\u201d from \u201cthe sexuality of the mistress or girl friend or prostitute\u201d.\u00a0<\/strong>The double standard here was that a woman should remain a virgin until the right man arrives, whereas no such norm applied to the men.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Giddens argue that the most recent phase of modernity has seen another transformation\u00a0<\/strong>in the nature of intimate relationships. There has been the development of plastic sexuality. For people in modern societies<strong>\u00a0there is a much greater choice over when, how often and with whom they have sex than ever before. With plastic sexuality, sex can be separated from reproduction.\u00a0<\/strong>This is partly due to improved methods of contraception which have largely freed women from the fear of repetitive (and life-threatening) pregnancies and childbirths.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">However, it is not only technological development that led to the emergence of plastic sexuality, but\u00a0<strong>crucially the development of a sense of the self that could be actively chosen.\u00a0<\/strong>This process can be described as the growth of social reflexivity.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">With the emergence of plastic sexuality,\u00a0<strong>there is a change in the nature of love. Giddens argued that the ideals of romantic love are fragmenting and being replaced by \u201cconfluent love\u201d. Confluent love is active and contingent.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Romantic love<\/strong>\u00a0meant that once people had married, they were usually stuck with one another, no matter how the relationship developed.<strong>\u00a0Now people have more choice: whereas divorce\u00a0<\/strong>was previously difficult or impossible to obtain, married people are now no longer bound to stay together if the relationship doesn\u2019t work.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Rather than basing relationships on romantic passion, people are increasingly pursuing the ideal of the pure relationship, in which couples remain because they choose to do so. As the idea of confluent love<\/strong>\u00a0becomes consolidated as a real possibility, the more\u00a0<strong>the idea of finding the Mr. Or Mrs. Right recedes and the more the idea of finding the right relationship becomes crucial.<\/strong>\u00a0The pure relationship is held together by the acceptance on the part of each partner that,<strong>\u00a0until further notice each gains sufficient benefits from the relationship to make its continuance worth while.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Each partner in the relationship constantly monitors their concerns to see if they are deriving sufficient satisfaction from the relationship for it to go on.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong><mark class=\"kt-highlight\"><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-theme-palette-2-color\">Ulrich Beck and Elizabeth Beck Gernsheim: The Normal Chaos of Love in the Family<\/mark><\/mark><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>In the \u2018normal chaos of love\u2019 (1995), beck and beck-<\/strong>\u00a0Gernsheim examine the tumultuous nature of personal relationships, marriages and family patterns against the backdrop of a rapidly changing world. The traditions, rules and guidelines which used to govern personal relationship no longer apply, they argue, and\u00a0<strong>individuals are now confronted with an endless series of choices as part of constructing, adjusting, improving or dissolving the unions they form with others.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>The fact that marriages are now entered into voluntarily, rather than for economic purposes or at the urging of family, brings both freedoms and new strains.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Beck and beck \u2013 Gernsheim<\/strong>\u00a0see our age as one filled with colliding interest between family, work, love and the freedom to pursue individual goals. This collision is felt acutely within personal relationships, particularly when there are two labour market biographies to juggle instead of one. By this the authors mean that a growing number of women in addition to men are pursing careers over the course of their lifetimes. Previously women were more likely to work part time outside the home, or to take significant time away from their careers to raise children. These patterns are less fixes than they once were; both men and women now place emphasis on their professional and personal needs. Beck and beck- Gernsheim conclude that relationships in our modern age are about much more than relationships, so to speak, not only are love, sex, children, marriage and domestic duties topics for negotiation,\u00a0<strong>but relationships are now also about work, politics, economics, professions and inequality.\u00a0<\/strong>Diverse selections of problems -from the mundane to the profound- now confront modern couples.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Perhaps it is not surprising, then,\u00a0<strong>that antagonism, between men and women are on the rise.\u00a0<\/strong>Beck and beck Gernsheim claim that \u2018<strong>the battle between the sexes is the central drama of our times, as evidenced in the growth of the marriage counselling industry, family courts, marital self- help groups and divorce rates.<\/strong>\u00a0But even though marriage and family life seem to be more flimsy than ever before, they still remain very important to people. Divorce is increasingly common, but rates of remarriage are high. The birth rate may be declining, but there is a huge demand for fertility treatment. Fewer people may choose to get married, but the desire to live with someone as part of a couple is certainly holding steady. What can explain these competing tendencies?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Authors\u00a0<strong>claim that today\u2019s battle of the sexes is the clearest possible indication of \u2018people\u2019s hunger for love\u2019. People marry for the sake of love and divorce for the sake of love; they engage in an endless cycle of hoping, regretting and trying again. While on the one hand the tensions between men and women are high, there remains a deep hope and faith in the possibility of finding true love and fulfilment.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">You might think that \u2018love\u2019 is too simplistic an answer for the complexities of our current age. But beck and beck \u2013\u00a0<strong>Gernsheim argue that it is precisely because our world is so overwhelming, impersonal, abstract and rapidly changing that love has become increasingly important. 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https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Yellow-Modern-Did-You-Know-Instagram-kjjjjjjhj-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Yellow-Modern-Did-You-Know-Instagram-kjjjjjjhj-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Yellow-Modern-Did-You-Know-Instagram-kjjjjjjhj-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Yellow-Modern-Did-You-Know-Instagram-kjjjjjjhj.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 378px) 100vw, 378px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/JMABLisy4zaJuGG79\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-fancybox-group=\"post_image_0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-21897\" src=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2-150x150.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 395px) 100vw, 395px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2.png 1080w\" alt=\"\" width=\"395\" height=\"395\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/JMABLisy4zaJuGG79\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-fancybox-group=\"post_image_0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22108 \" src=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/3-1-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"378\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/3-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/3-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/3-1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/3-1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/3-1.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 378px) 100vw, 378px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/JMABLisy4zaJuGG79\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-fancybox-group=\"post_image_0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22109 \" src=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/4-1-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"378\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/4-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/4-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/4-1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/4-1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/4-1.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 378px) 100vw, 378px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-21900 \" src=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5-13-150x150.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5-13-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5-13-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5-13-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5-13-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5-13.png 1080w\" alt=\"\" width=\"401\" height=\"401\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-21901 \" src=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/6-10-150x150.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 386px) 100vw, 386px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/6-10-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/6-10-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/6-10-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/6-10-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/6-10.png 1080w\" alt=\"\" width=\"386\" height=\"386\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"After_Class_Doubts_Session_of_Students_with_Vikash_Ranjan_Sir\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">After Class Doubts Session of Students<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">with Vikash Ranjan Sir<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/JMABLisy4zaJuGG79\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-20822\" src=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/5-150x150.png\" alt=\"Discover effective strategies on how to prepare for sociology optional without coaching, including insights on the best coaching for sociology optional in Delhi. 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Uncover the top-rated sociology optional coaching through Quora discussions and enhance your preparation for sociology optional with expert advice. \" width=\"625\" height=\"625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/16-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/16-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/16.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Frequently_Asked_Questions_by_UPSC_Sociology_Optional_Students\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Frequently Asked Questions by<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/sociology-new.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">UPSC Sociology Optional<\/span><\/a> Students<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/how-to-do-sociology-optional-without-coaching\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>How to prepare for the Sociology Optional without coaching?<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Understand the syllabus thoroughly:<\/strong>\u00a0Familiarize yourself with the entire syllabus for both Paper I and Paper II.\u00a0Download the official UPSC syllabus and use it as your roadmap. You can attend\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/hXSsCjw_dn8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Sociology Orientation Lectors<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0by Vikash Ranjan sir\u00a0 on YouTube<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Build a strong foundation:<\/strong>\u00a0Start with introductory textbooks and NCERT books to grasp core sociological concepts. You can start with Introduction to Sociology books<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Choose reliable study materials:<\/strong>\u00a0Select high-quality textbooks,\u00a0reference books,\u00a0and online resources recommended by experts.\u00a0You can opt for Vikash Ranjan Sir Notes too.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Develop a study schedule:<\/strong>\u00a0Create a realistic and consistent study schedule that allocates dedicated time for each topic.\u00a0Stick to it and track your progress.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Take notes effectively:<\/strong>\u00a0Don\u2019t just passively read.\u00a0Summarize key points,\u00a0create mind maps,\u00a0or use other note-taking techniques to aid understanding and revision.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Practice answer writing:<\/strong>\u00a0Regularly write answers to past year question papers and model questions.\u00a0Focus on clarity,\u00a0structure,\u00a0and critical thinking.\u00a0Evaluate your answers for improvement.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Seek guidance:<\/strong>\u00a0You can take free Mentorship on Sociology Optional preparation by Vikash Ranjan sir.\u00a0Connect with Vikash Ranjan sir (7303615329) to share strategies,\u00a0ask questions,\u00a0and stay motivated. \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\" start=\"2\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Can I prepare for Sociology Optional without coaching?<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Absolutely! 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However coaching can provide structure and guidance, for time bound preparation.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\" start=\"3\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>What are the benefits of preparing without coaching?<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Cost-effective:<\/strong>\u00a0Coaching can be expensive,\u00a0and self-study allows you to manage your resources efficiently.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Flexibility:<\/strong>\u00a0You can tailor your study plan to your individual needs and pace.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Independence:<\/strong>\u00a0You develop critical thinking and research skills,\u00a0valuable assets for your career.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\" start=\"4\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>What are the challenges of preparing without coaching?<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Discipline and motivation:<\/strong>\u00a0You need self-discipline to stay on track and motivated without external guidance. 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