How far to sociologist agree that the family benefits the needs of patriarchy?
Sociologists agree that living in a nuclear family (a heterosexual couple with dependent children) tends to benefit men more than women, for example, in many families women have most responsibility for housework and childcare even if they are in fulltime employment. Women are housewives and play the expressive role. On the contrary, sociologist believe that a nuclear family may not just benefit the men but may also benefit the whole family or even society, for example, by having both a father and a mother, with the father providing financial support and the mother providing emotional support, their children would be brought up in a stable home, without poverty or neglect and would not be tempted to resort to crime for financial support and will be mentally stable adults due to their healthy emotional upbringing.
