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Contemporary society recognises the family as a 'Nuclear Family' with the father financially supporting the family and the mother (have to be married) looking after their children and their home. The Nuclear family is defined as "consists of two adults living together in a household with their own or adopted children." (Sociology, 391, 1993). However; due to changes over time including the invention of the pill, allowing both men and women to file for divorce without having to prove adultery and even religion not playing such an important part in peoples lives meant that changes in the family structure became more acceptable and the family has now evolved into a more complex and diverse institution. Prior to the war, it was the norm to be a part of a nuclear family. This family was a stable unit, as divorce was expensive and very much frowned upon. Divorces...

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