Prospects for Overcoming Reproduction of Social Inequality in Families of Different Types

Abstract

This article discusses a number of reasons that are reproduced in family communication practices that determine the reproduction of social inequality in Russian society. This is an incomplete set of role interactions in single-parent families and gender asymmetry. The problem of an incomplete set of role interactions is partially overcome in extended families, and this should be taken into account in family policy. However, special attention should be paid to the gender factor, since it is the gender asymmetry that is the most important source of reducing resource opportunities for families of a certain type. It can be overcome in two ways: either through the strengthening of traditional family values, or through the gradual disintegration of gender practices in the context of the creation of a Scandinavian-style welfare state.