Couples Flashcards
Parsons
Instrumental and expressive roles
Bott (1957)
Segregated conjugal roles and joint conjugal roles
Young + Willmott (1973)
MOPV
Symmetrical family
Oakley (1974)
Criticises Young And Willmott
Claims exaggerated
YM - found that most husbands they interviewed helped their wives once a week
OAKLEY THIS IS HARDLY CONVINCING EVIDENCE OF SYMMETRY
Gershuny (1994)
Argues that women working full-time is leading to a more equal division of labour in the home.
Using time studies found that these women did less domestic work than other women.
Gershuny (1994)
Argues that women working full-time is leading to a more equal division of labour in the home.
Using time studies found that these women did less domestic work than other women.
Boulton (1983)
fathers may help by performing specific childcare tasks, it is usually mother who takes responsibility for child’s wellbeing and security
Found that fewer than 20% of husbands had a major role in childcare
Ferri + Smith (1996)
Father’s took responsibility for childcare in fewer than 4% of families
Southerton (2011)
Responsibility of coordinating, scheduling and managing the families ‘quality time’ together usually falls on the mother
Crompton + Lyonette (2008)
Identify 2 different explanations for the unequal division of labour
Gershuny (1994)
Found that couples whose parents had a more equal rs are more likely to share housework equally themselves
Ramos (2003)
Where the 🚺 is the full-time breadwinner & the man🚹 is unemployed he does as much domestic labour as she does.
Pahl + Vogler (1993)
Allowance system
Pooling
Edgell (1980)
Study of professional couples
Decisions
Gershuny + Laurie (2000)
By 1995, 70% of couples said they had an equal say in decisions
