Conjugal Roles Flashcards
Who theorised the expressive and instrumental roles?
Parsons
Define segregated conjugal roles:
The husband is the breadwinner and the wife is the homemaker - leisure time spent seperately
Define joint conjugal roles:
Husband and wife each perform both breadwinner and homemaker roles - spend leisure time together
Who coined the theory segregated and joint conjugal roles?
Elisabeth Bott
Define a symmetrical family:
Stage 3 privatised NF with more equal and joint conjugal roles - M&F both participate in domestic and paid labour, more home-centred
Who believed in the symmetrical family?
Willmott and Young
What is the dual burden?
When a person is responsible for 2 jobs - e.g. women is in paid work but is also responsible for domestic labour.
Who theorised the dual burden?
Ferri and Smith (Feminists)
What is the triple shift?
Women carrying a triple burden of work - domestic, paid and emotional work.
Who theorised the triple shift?
Dunscombe and Marsden
Define the New Man:
Type of modern man who allows the caring side of his nature to show by being supportive and by sharing childcare and housework.
Who theorised the New Man?
March of Progress theorists
Who stated women were confined to the “private sphere of consumption and the home?”
Ann Oakley - it’s the rise of the housewife
