What did structural functionalists have to say about the family and gender roles?
◎ That families should have both male and female adult caregivers because evolution has
caused them to be better at traditional gender roles.
That families can succeed whether husbands and wives have traditional or non-
traditional gender roles, as long as everyone is happy with the role that they have.
That it is possible for single parents to raise children just as effectively as two-parent
families.
That fathers and mothers should both be involved in raising their children and
performing domestic work, as well as earn money in jobs outside of the family.