SOCIOLOGICALLY CHRISTMAS CROSSWORD

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Across
  1. 3. The concept from Marxist theory describing how the family supports capitalism by softening the emotional impact of exploitation at work, seen in emotional care provided during Christmas
  2. 4. A Marxist term describing how consumerism creates unnecessary desires, such as families feeling pressured to buy expensive Christmas gifts.
  3. 5. What Santa’s elves experience as they produce toys for capitalist profit but do not benefit from the value of their labour.
  4. 8. The feminist concept describing how women, like mothers during Christmas, manage both paid work and domestic tasks such as organising family gatherings and gift buying.
  5. 9. The functionalist concept describing how shared rituals like Christmas dinner and gift exchanges create social bonds and reinforce collective norms.
  6. 10. _________ feminist's would suggest Mrs Claus' marriage to Mr Claus is patriarchal oppression.
Down
  1. 1. The term for children influencing family spending through constant demands for toys and gifts during Christmas.
  2. 2. The sociological perspective that argues deviance is socially constructed through the reactions of others e.g. rudolph being excluded for his red nose
  3. 6. The Marxist concept describing how workers become disconnected from the goods they produce, seen in Santa’s elves creating toys they do not use themselves.
  4. 7. The sociological concept explaining Rudolph’s exclusion for his red nose, reflecting how individuals are marginalised when labelled as ‘different.’