couples

Question 1

Systematical family

Answer 1

relationships are becoming more similar with similar work shared equally

Question 2

Gershuny

Answer 2

‘lagged adaptation

women find they have to reduce time spent on unpaid work when they increase paid work. As women’s paid work rises men are not compensating by an equivalent take up of unpaid worked

Question 3

gershuny and robinnson

Answer 3

domestic technology has significantly reduced the weekly hours of women’s routine work

Question 4

bittmen

Answer 4

domestic appliances do not reduce the time spent in work but may even increase it

Question 5

a03 criticism of more women working

Answer 5

HOWEVER, changes in women’s work patterns have not always been matched by changes in household work between the sexes.
Women experience a dual burden – they feel responsible for paid work and housework.

Question 6

trend

Answer 6

There has been a significant increase of women in the labour market over the last few decades.
Dual earner-based partnerships are becoming the norm

Question 7

ao3 of dual burden

Answer 7

In some couples men take responsibility for domestic work and feel the same burden

Question 8

Barrett and McIntosh (1991)

Answer 8

men gain more from women’s domestic work than they give back in financial support. Men’s support is often unpredictable and conditional. Men make more decisions about spending in important items (like house or car)

Question 9

Pahl Vulger (1993)

Answer 9

2 types of male control in family income
The allowance system: men give wives budget for family needs and keep rest to themselves
Pooling: where both parties have access to income and joint responsibilities for spending

Question 10

Hardill (1992)

Answer 10

study of 30 career professional found that important decisions made by both or just men never women alone . The man’s career always take priority when decisions to move house for a new job.

Question 11

criticism Laurie and gershuny

Answer 11

found that by 1995 70% of couples said that had equal say in decisions, this was most common when women were high earners.

Question 12

Mirrlees-black

Answer 12

most of victims are women. 99% of incidents against women are committed by men.

Question 13

Dobash and Dobash

Answer 13

violent incidents set off by as what men saw as challenge to authority. Marriage legitimized violence against women by giving husband authority.

Question 14

Wilkinson

Answer 14

sees domestic violence as resulting from stress from inequality. Working class men more likely to assault

Question 15

criticism as class as reason for domestic violence

Answer 15

if class why women more likely to be victims