Couples

Question 1

Parsons

Answer 1

primary socialisation, emotional stabilisation, expressive and instrumental

Question 2

Duncombe and Marsden

Answer 2

Triple shift, paid work, emotional work, domestic work

Question 3

Dex and Ward

Answer 3

78% of dads do fun activities with their child, but less than 1% stay home if they are sick

Question 4

Young and Willmott

Answer 4

Found symmetrical family due to women’s changing position and labour-saving devices.

Question 5

Gershuny

Answer 5

fairer share of domestic work when both partners had jobs.

Question 6

Oakley

Answer 6

Y&W overestimate male participation, men only participate in 15% housework, 25% childcare

Question 7

Warde and Hetherington

Answer 7

Women 30x more likely to have been last to do dishes, men 4x as likely to have washed car.

Question 8

Dunne

Answer 8

Lesbian couples more symmetrical than hetrosexual couples

Question 9

British social attitudes

Answer 9

10% of u35’s agreed with traditional roles vs 30% of 065’s

Question 10

Arber and Ginn

Answer 10

Better-paid women could afford labour-saving devices

Question 11

Kan

Answer 11

for every £10,000 per year a woman earns= 2hrs less housework.

Question 12

Barret and Mcintosh

Answer 12

Men gain far more from domestic work than women from financial support

Question 13

Kempson

Answer 13

in low income households, women forgo their needs to save money

Question 14

Edgell

Answer 14

Decision hierarchy; very important by men, less important by women

Question 15

Laurie and Gershuny

Answer 15

In 1995, 70% of couples had equal say in high-earning households

Question 16

Smart

Answer 16

Homosexual couples attributed no meaning to decisions as there was no heterosexual luggage

Question 17

Yearnshire

Answer 17

women experience 35 assaults before going to police

Question 18

Crime survey for eng and wales

Answer 18

2 million people reported being victims of domestic abuse, 7.3% women, 5% men

Question 19

Dobash and Dobash

Answer 19

violent incidents occurred when husband felt their authority was challenged

Question 20

Ansara and Hindin

Answer 20

Women suffer more severe violence and control, often afraid of partner so won’t report

Question 21

Dar

Answer 21

difficult to record separate incidents of abuse because of fear of reprisal

Question 22

Millet and Firestone

Answer 22

Radical feminist, marriage oppress women so there is inevitable domestic violence

Question 23

Elliot

Answer 23

not all men benefit from domestic violence with most against it, doesn’t explain female violence such as child abuse

Question 24

ONS

Answer 24

young, low social class, drug/alcohol use are more likely to experience domestic violence

Question 25

Wilkinson and Pickett

Answer 25

Stress of social inequality leads to lack of stability leading to conflict