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Talcott parsons

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instrumental roles

expressive roles

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instrumental roles

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Husbands focus on success at work to provide for his family

He is the bread winner

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Expressive role

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Wives focus on primary socialisation of the children and emotional needs
No work

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Elizabeth bott

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Segregated conjugal roles

Joint conjugal roles

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Segregated conjugal role

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couples have separate roles at home
male breadwinner, women home maker
separate leisure

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Joint conjugal roles

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shared domestic tasks

shared leisure

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Willmott and young

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(march of progress view)
family life is gradually improving for all its members
symmetrical family

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Symmetrical family

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Husbands and wives roles are much more similar

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4 Reasons for the rise in the symmetrical family

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  1. changes in women’s position in society
  2. geographical mobility
  3. new technology/ labour saving devices
  4. higher standards of living
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Reasons for the rise in the symmetrical family

1. changes in the women’s position in society

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women now have the right to work

women’s life chances improve so they can now get the top positions at work

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Reasons for the rise in the symmetrical family

2. geographical mobility

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moved away from patriarchal societies

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Reasons for the rise in the symmetrical family

3. new technology/ labour saving devices

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less jobs due to new machines

washing machines, etc, means less time spent on domestic tasks

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Reasons for the rise in the symmetrical family

4. higher standards of living

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men need to help with domestic tasks in order to maintain their higher standard of living

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the feminist view on couples

Oakley and research

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rejects march of progress view
men and women remain unequal within the family and women do most of the housework
men are seen as helping women not sharing the housework
women work and housewife role

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research on men within couples

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15% in housework
25% in childcare
men take the more pleasurable household tasks

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triple shift

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domestic work
emotional work
paid work

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Gender division-

cultural explanation

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patrichal norms and values influence the gender roles

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cultural explanation of gender division

Gershey

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couples that had parents who showed equal division were also more equal in their own relationship

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Gender division-

material explanation

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women earn less than men earn in society and therefore the wife should equal the work by increasing their housework

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material explanatio on gender division-

Ramos

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when the wife works, men do not

husband does more housework for the wife

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Barret and McIntosh

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men gain more from women’s house work than what they give in financial stability

e.g the money they give their partners usually has strings attached

  • limit the amount she spends
  • control over where/ what on she spends
  • should be seen as a privilege
  • money given on his terms
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Pahl and vogler

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money management
two types of control over family income :
- the allowance system
- pooling

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the allowance system

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men give their partners a budget to spend on items for the families needs

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pooling

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partners have a joint account that they have equal access to

“neb usually make the big financial decisions- pahl and vogler

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Edgell- money management

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very important decisions-
finance, changes of jobs or mortgages on a house usually taken up by the husband

important decisions-
decisions based around the children(education, clothes, food) usually taken up by the wife

less important decisions-
home decor and food is usually taken up by the wife

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patriarchal society - money

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means men are in charge of financial decisions due to gender roles and expectations within our society

27
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smart 2007

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homosexual couples do not see importance in the role of financial responsibilities

28
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Domestic abuse

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any incident or pattern of incident of controlling, coercive or threatening behaviour, violence or abuse between those aged 16 or over who are or have been intimate partners or family members regardless of gender or sexuality.

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cycle of abuse

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  • tensions building
  • incident
  • reconect
  • calm
30
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Dobash- domestic abuse

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domestic abuse occurs due to a women’s challenge to male authority
suggesting misogyny

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Dobash- domestic abuse

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domestic abuse occurs due to a women’s challenge to male authority
suggesting misogyny

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2014 women’s aid federation domestic violence statistic

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domestic violence accounts for up to 1/4 of all recorded crimes

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Osborne 2010 statistic for domestic violence

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2 women/ week are killed by a partner or former partner

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Coleman 2007 fact for domestic violence

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women more likely then men to suffer domestic abuse

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ONS domestic abuse statistics

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  • march 2018, 2million adults 16-59 experienced domestic abuse
    (1.3m women, 695,000 men)
  • march 2018 ,police recorded 599,549 crimes,
    increase of 23% from previous year
  • 225,714 arrests = 38arrests/ 100 crimes
  • 76% of prosecutions resulted in conviction
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radical feminism explanation for domestic abuse

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the emphasis on the role of patriarchal ideas, cultural values and institutions

the key division in society is that between men and women.
men are the enemy, oppressors and exploiters of women.
domestic violence is an inevitable feature of the patriarchal society.

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materialistic explanation for domestic violence

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focuses on economic and material factors such as inequalities in income. they see it as the result of stress on family members

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Ansley, Marxist feminist, on domestic violence

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women are the takers of shit and that domestic abuse is a product of capitalism and stress from working men

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