Conjugal role Relationships Flashcards
What’s a segregated conjugal role?
A clear division of domestic labour with couples
What’s a joint conjugal role?
No set division of household tasks within male and female jobs
What’s an instrumental role?
A conjugal role that involes being a breadwinner
What’s an expressive role?
A conjugal role that invloves cariing and nurturing
What’s a symmetrical family?
Roles of husband and wives are becoming increasingly similar
What are some cristism for the symmetriacl family idea?
Women in a paid job still had the main responsibilty for housework (double shift)
Which fuctionalist identified an increase in shared decision making?
Young and Willmott
How do sociologists view domestic violence?
A form of power in which one family memeber tries to control others
What did Ann Oakley mean by a conventional family?
Nuclear family
