Talcott Parsons's claim that the nuclear family was necessary to modern industrial society because it fulfilled society's need for productive workers (men) and child rearers (women) is an example of a functionalist approach to sociology. The main problem with this idea is that the
a.) function of fulfilling a need for productive workers is not exclusively that of a single institution.
b.) function of fulfilling a need for productive workers is a matter of gender and not of family.
c.) problem of how to fulfill the need for productive workers is more clearly understood as a symbolic process.
d.) entire idea of a productive worker in modern society is a fallacy.
Answer: a.) function of fulfilling a need for productive workers is not exclusively that of a single institution.
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