Conjugal Roles Theorists

Question 1

Young and Willmott

Answer 1

Conjugal Roles are Equal:
symmetrical families shared similar roles but not identical. In middle-class families, the husbands were more likely to help out with childcare and housework.

Question 2

Beck

Answer 2

Conjugal Roles are Equal:
Fathers now can’t get fulfillment out of paid employment and are instead becoming more involved within their children lives

Question 3

Dermott

Answer 3

Conjugal Roles are Equal:
fathers now don’t want to be the breadwinner they want to be emotionally open with their families and be an intimate father

Question 4

Duncombe and Marsden

Answer 4

Conjugal Roles are Unequal:

women perform triple shift, emotional work, domestic work, and paid employment

Question 5

Ann Oakley

Answer 5

Conjugal Roles are Unequal:

she concluded that there wasn’t any symmetry in the family as mothers still did the majority of the housework

Question 6

Pahl

Answer 6

Conjugal Roles are Unequal:
found the most common form of money management was through the husband and when cuts had to be made it was often at the expense of the mothers