Chapter 3: Gender, power and the family Flashcards
What did YOUNG & WILLMOTT say about symmetrical families?
Roles between husband and wife becoming more symmetrical
Move towards equality
Who were YOUNG and WILLMOTT’s view heavily criticised by and what did she say?
ANN OAKLEY
Symmetrical is husbands did any work at least once a week
Hardly represented equality within a household
Evidence of husbands help not being symmetrical - 15%- housework, 25% in child care
What did BOULTON say about childcare?
Even when men may help more with childcare, still mothers who take main responsibility for their children, and prioritise children
What did HARDILL ET AL say about power and decision making?
Husbands career took priority over the wife, men continue to be dominant in households
What did DUNCOMBE & MARSDEN say about conjugal roles and emotion work?
Any measurement of inequality within households must take account of emotion work.
Women perform a triple shift: housework & childcare, paid work, emotion work (well-being of others)
What did DUNNE say about lesbian households?
Responsibility of children was equally shared.
Household tasks equally shared
How many cases of domestic violence were there between 2014 and 2015 in England and Wales?
261,000 victims
What does feminist PIZZEY think are the explanations for domestic violence and abuse?
Result from patriarchy
Men use violence or threat of violence in order to control women.
Domestic violence is widely tolerated and often not seen as a serious crime.
What does feminist BROOKMAN think are the explanations for domestic violence and abuse?
Nature of masculinity is partly to blame.
Masculinity values control over others so men can resort to violence if they fell they’re losing control over female partner
What did GIDDENS say about the emotional intensity of family life and domestic violence?
Nature of family life makes domestic violence quite common.
What did GERSHUNY say about lagged adaptation?
Period of time to change from one to the other
Gradual shift towards men doing higher proportion of housework
Who stated the difference between segregated and conjugal roles?
Bott
What does NAZROO say about domestic violence?
Domestic violence by men against women is more serious
Due to physicality
What percentage of domestic violence acts are committed by men against women?
99%
According to the CSEW how many people reported being victims of domestic abuse in the previous year?
2 million
