Der Wandel der Familie wird überschätzt
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.14766/882Keywords:
Familie, Geschlecht, GenderAbstract
The media has been conjuring up the downfall of the family for many decades. The article shows that the transformation in Germany is much less pronounced than is normally believed. Moreover, the clear majority of families continue to be made up of “traditional” nuclear families (husband/wife and child/ren) and family forms are limited in their diversity. Further, when placed in historical perspective the examination proves that the plurality of familial forms used to be much more developed. We can only speak of a plurality of life and family forms today if we use as our point of comparison the “golden age of marriage and family” (the 1950s/60s in West Germany). The limited plurality of family forms is not an accident. Family forms today cannot be always freely chosen; the German welfare state system continues to support the traditional nuclear family and disregard other life models.
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2010-06-13
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