What kind of family roles are there in general?
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🕑 Added 2022-05-09 04:03:07 +0000 UTC
What kind of family roles are there in general?
There are several classifications. I will give them a brief explanation.
1. The role of "Sexual partner". It's an intimate-sexual function
This is about activity in sexual behavior. Who initiates sex more often in a couple, who shows care, sexual caresses, kisses, etc.
2. The role of "master, mistress". Also a household
Here, of course, everything is clear. This is the notorious "keep the hearth": cook food, wash toilets, nail shelves, etc.
3. Function - financial support of the family
There are probably no questions here either. Who provides for the family. Traditionally, this role in our culture is assigned to a man. But in recent decades, there has been a significant shift when both partners, regardless of gender, earn money for the family.
4. Parental and educational role
As the name suggests, it's about who brings up chi ldren. Again, traditionally, the role is considered more female. But there is a dependence on the sex of the ch ild. If the c hild is a boy, then both parents are engaged in his upbringing. If the chil d is a girl, then the mother is almost completely engaged in her upbringing.
5. Emotional and psychotherapeutic functions (aka the role of "family psychotherapist")
It's about the ability to listen, understand and accept a partner, express empathy and emotionally support him.
6. Social activity
It includes two large layers: work and not work. Work is about career ambitions here. What does a person want, to move up the corporate ladder as much as possible or not to be touched after 9:00 and before 18:00. And, preferably, there should be no changes and shocks. The same stability.
It's not work - it's the whole social life of a person – maintaining relationships with relatives, neighbors. Participation in volunteer projects, charity events, parent chats, etc.
7. Personal identification with a partner
It doesn't sound very clear. But the question is important: here we are talking about the community of interests, needs, value orientations, ways of spending family time. How much do you agree in the vision of how to live. What plans to make, whether with an eye to the partner or your personal is more important than the family.
8. Entertainment organizer and organizer of family subculture.
The roles are different, though very similar. Subculture is a broader concept. Conceptually, how your family spends their free time. Where you go on vacation. What kind of music do you listen to. What kind of games are you playing. Organizer entertainment is a more private concept. Who in your pair decides which movie you will watch today. Who chooses which theater you will go to. Etc.
9. External attractiveness.
In my opinion, it is not very correct to call it a role. In fact, this is a person's attitude to the partner's appearance and his own. What kind of partner he wants to see next to him. Attractive, sexy, fashionably dressed, conforming to standards, and so on. Or not – it doesn't matter.
That's all this in the end and makes up a psychological portrait of the family. Each role (function) is considered both individually and in combination with the others. The portrait shows in which moments you are doing well, there is full agreement and understanding, and in which - not. What needs to be paid attention to in order to make the relationship more harmonious and increase satisfaction with what you have with each other.
