2 ways childbearing patterns influenced gender roles & relationships Flashcards
1
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Change in womens position
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- Increase involvement in labour market
- More likely to pursue career before starting family - less stigma
- Taken on aspects of instrumental role - Parsons; for men
- Decrease family size - 70s 3.2 to 2 children
- More money to spend on child
2
Q
Decision making
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3
Q
Symmetrical family - Young & Willmott
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- Couples moved from segregated to joint conjugal roles
- Sharing leisure time & chores more equally - egalitarian
- Rise of ‘new man’ - offering emotional support
- Triple shift - paid work, house / childcare & emotional
- Child aren’t socialised into trad gen roles
