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Functionalism on Family
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Functionalists hold that family performs necessary functions for society — regulating sexual activity, reproduction, socializing children, and economic support.
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Murdock's survey of 250 societies found these functions recurring across radically different family forms.
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Naming a function performed is not a claim that the arrangement performing it is fair or fixed.