Couples Flashcards
Young and Willmort
Take a march of progress view
Family life is gradually improving and its becoming more equal and more joint conjugal roles
Bott
2 types of conjugal roles:
Segregated = couples have separate roles
Joint = couples share tasks
Parsons
Husband = instrumental role
Wife = expressive role
Oakley
Criticises Young and Willmort, states their claims are exaggerated
Women preform a dual burden: housework and paid work
Gershuny and Sullivan
Women going out to work is leading to a more equal division of labour at home
Southerton
Mothers responsibility for managing and scheduling families ‘quality time’
Hochschild
Women preform a triple shift
. Paid work
. Housework
. Emotional work
Boulton
Mothers are responsible for childs safety and wellbeing
Smart
Found gay men and lesbians didn’t see the control of money as meaning anything
Weeks et al
Co - independence
^ found most typical method was pooling some money for household spending together with separate accounts for personal spending
Barret and Mclntosh
Finances cause the most inequality
Edgell
Study of professional couples found that men took the responsibility for important decisions
Pahl and Volger
2 main types of money management:
Allowance system = men give their wives an allowance out of their wage
Pooling = both partners have an income
Millert and Firestone
All societies have been founded on patriarchy
Ansley
Describes wives as takers of shit
Walby and Allen
Found women are more likely to be victims of multiple incidents of abuse and sexual violence
Chear
State agencies are not prepared to get involved for 3 reasons:
. family is a private sphere
. family is a good thing
. women can leave if they are unhappy
