Couples Flashcards
Parsons
primary socialisation, emotional stabilisation, expressive and instrumental
Duncombe and Marsden
Triple shift, paid work, emotional work, domestic work
Dex and Ward
78% of dads do fun activities with their child, but less than 1% stay home if they are sick
Young and Willmott
Found symmetrical family due to women’s changing position and labour-saving devices.
Gershuny
fairer share of domestic work when both partners had jobs.
Oakley
Y&W overestimate male participation, men only participate in 15% housework, 25% childcare
Warde and Hetherington
Women 30x more likely to have been last to do dishes, men 4x as likely to have washed car.
Dunne
Lesbian couples more symmetrical than hetrosexual couples
British social attitudes
10% of u35’s agreed with traditional roles vs 30% of 065’s
Arber and Ginn
Better-paid women could afford labour-saving devices
Kan
for every £10,000 per year a woman earns= 2hrs less housework.
Barret and Mcintosh
Men gain far more from domestic work than women from financial support
Kempson
in low income households, women forgo their needs to save money
Edgell
Decision hierarchy; very important by men, less important by women
Laurie and Gershuny
In 1995, 70% of couples had equal say in high-earning households
Smart
Homosexual couples attributed no meaning to decisions as there was no heterosexual luggage
Yearnshire
women experience 35 assaults before going to police
Crime survey for eng and wales
2 million people reported being victims of domestic abuse, 7.3% women, 5% men
Dobash and Dobash
violent incidents occurred when husband felt their authority was challenged
Ansara and Hindin
Women suffer more severe violence and control, often afraid of partner so won’t report
Dar
difficult to record separate incidents of abuse because of fear of reprisal
Millet and Firestone
Radical feminist, marriage oppress women so there is inevitable domestic violence
Elliot
not all men benefit from domestic violence with most against it, doesn’t explain female violence such as child abuse
ONS
young, low social class, drug/alcohol use are more likely to experience domestic violence
