> - patriarchy, =, democratic, flexible roles > F/M work FT, share roles, spend leisure time together

Couples - 2.2 Flashcards by Mic harindran

Conjugal Roles (KS)

> Parsons (Functionalism & CR)

> Bott (Segregated Roles & Joint CR)

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Parsons (Functionalism & CR)

> M&F diff roles based on bio diff e.g breadwinner, expressive - clear DOL

> Best way of organising family life, functional (NR agrees)

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A03 Functionalist - CR (KS)

> Young & Wilmott

> Feminism

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Young & Wilmott (A03 Functionalist - CR)

e.g. SF

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Feminism (A03 Functionalist - CR)

SC not natural

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Bott’s 2 CR

> Segregated Conjugal Roles: Functionalist View

> Joint Conjugal Roles: Share roles & leisure time

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= in DOL (KS)

> Young & Wilmott (SF)

> Sullivan (MOPV)

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Young & Wilmott (SF)

patriarchy, =, democratic, flexible roles

> F/M work FT, share roles, spend leisure time together

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Factors Leading 2 SF

> ILS
Commercialization of Dom Labour
Economically Active F

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Improved Living Standards - Factors Leading 2 SF

> Tech, so chores easier to do/no burden, availability only to MC.

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Commercialization of Dom Labour - Factors Leading 2 SF

> DEF so + in dom labour industry, + families hiring maids.

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Economically Active F - Factors Leading 2 SF

> Girls @ wrk, so M help in house so chores are done.

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Sullivan (MOPV)

> F - dom work, M do + trad F tasks & couples have = DOL.

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≠ in DOL (KS)

> Oakley (Rejection of MOPV)

> BSA (Inequality in Dom Work)

> Hochschild, Morley & Bell (Inequality in DEF/Unemployed M, Views of Home)

> Dunscombe & Marsden (TS)

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Oakley (Rejection of MOPV)

> F still patriarchal & do + housework

> M contribution exaggerated, did help but only ironing shirt 1X a week e.g. 🍒

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BSA (Inequality in Dom Work)

> F do 2x + work & couples still divide tasks w/TDDOL.

Hochschild, Morley & Bell (Inequality in DEF/Unemployed M, Views of Home)

> In DEF, F still had responsibility for DOM work

> Even unemployed M resist doing dom work

> F saw home as place of work, M leisure

Dunscombe & Marsden (TS)

> No longer DB, but TS - emotional wrk

Childcare & Quality Time (KS)

> Boulton (Wife Responsible for Childcare)
Braun & Dex Ward (Provider Ideology)
Southerton (Quality Time)

Boulton (Wife Responsible for Childcare)

> Even when M help.

> Less than ⅕ had major role in childcare.

Braun et al, Dex & Ward (Provider Ideology)

> Most M background fathers, w/ provider ideology, role as breadwinner, not primary carer.

> Only 1% of M took responsibility 4 sick kid.

Southerton (Quality Time)

> F responsible 4 managing family quality time

> In late modernity, 24/7 society & flexible working so ppl’s time + fragmented & deroutinised.

> F do childcare & multitask during leisure time, M w/ consolidated uninterrupted blocks o

Reasons for Gender DOL (KS)

> Crompton & Lyonette’s (2 Reasons for Gender DOL)

> Gershuny (Couples Adapting)

> Rad Fem (View on Heterosexual Relationships)

> Dunne (SSC & Gender Scripts)

2 Reasons of Crompton & Lyonette’s (Gender DOL)

> Cultural & Ideological

> Economic

Cultural & Ideological - 2 Reasons of Crompton & Lyonette’s (Gender DOL)

> Patriarchy society, F do + wrk as society expects & socialised to do. > = only when attidues, norms & socialisation change > Kan: young M do + dom work, shows gen shift

Gershuny (Couples Adapting) - 2 Reasons of Crompton & Lyonette’s (Gender DOL)

Couples adapted to F working FT, so new norm of M doing + dom work.

Economic - 2 Reasons of Crompton & Lyonette’s (Gender DOL)

> Eco rational for F to do + dom labour, while M spend time getting + money, due to diff in earnings > = only occurs when F get = to M e.g. - e.g. Kan link vs + earnings 4 F & - in housework

Rad Fem (View on Heterosexual Relationships)

> Patriarchal & ≠ even F work, need 4 political lesbianism | Led to SCC

Dunne (SSC and Gender Scripts) - Supporting Rad Fem

> Lesbian couples w/ kids, had + = in DL > Heterosexuals socialised into gender scripts w/ diff M & F roles. > Lesbians didn’t link dom tasks to GS = + negotiation but not = DOL if ≠ earnings

Resource & Decision Making (KS)

> Barrett & McIntosh (Inequality) > Kempson (Struggle of WC F) > Pahl & Vogler (Money Management) > Edgell (M decision making power in MC relationships) > Smart (PLP view on £ in LGBT Couples)

Barrett & McIntosh (Inequality)

> M get + from F DOM then returned in financial support w/ strings attached

Kempson (Struggle of WC Women)

> Denied own needs, don't go out, eat less portions of food > To make ends meet, as money seen as family money.

Pahl & Vogler (Money Management) - 2 Controls over £

- Pooling | - Allowance System

Pooling - Pahl & Vogler (Money Management)

> M&F both = access £ & responsible 4 expenses > If both work FT, + recently > But M still make major decisions, due to + earnings.

Allowance System - Pahl & Vogler (Money Management)

> M give F allowance to meet family’s needs, excess kept 4 him. (Declining)

A03 Criticisms of Pahl & Vogler (KS)

> Feminists (Decision Making not Linked w/ Money)

Feminists (Decision Making not Linked w/ Money) - A03 Criticisms of P&V

Decision making not about £ but patriarchal society & socialization

Edgell (Men’s decision making power in MC relationships)

> Decisions made by F e.g. kids clothes, food. > Decisions on e.g. finances moving house made either jointly or alone but w/ M having final say

Smart (PLP Perspective on Money in LGBT Couples)

> LGBT’s uncorned w/ control over £ fine giving to partners, not seen as inequality > Don't have relationships w/ heterosexual baggage of seeing £ as source of power.