//Couples

Question 1

Give two examples of patriarchy in the Victorian family.

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Question 2

According to Parsons, what is an instrumental and expressive role?

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Question 3

According to Parsons, what is the difference between the instrumental and expressive roles based on?

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Question 4

Which other perspective would share the same view on couples as Parsons?

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Question 5

Give two criticisms of Parsons.

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Question 6

Define a segregated and conjugal role.

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Question 7

According to Young and Wilmott, which social class is more likely to have segregated conjugal roles?

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Question 8

Explain what is meant by the ‘march of progress’ view.

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Question 9

Give three characteristics of a symmetrical family.

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Question 10

According to Young and Wilmott, which couples are most likely to be symmetrical?

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Question 11

Identify four social changes that have encouraged the rise of a symmetrical family.

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Question 12

Why do feminists reject the ‘march of progress’ view?

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Question 13

How does Oakley criticise Young and Wilmott?

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Question 14

Brielfy outline Oakley’s findings on men’s involvement in housecare and childcare.

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Question 15

What did Boulton find in relation to men’s involvement in childcare?

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Question 16

Give two examples of sex-typing tasks.

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Question 17

In which type of couple is the most domestic work usually shared?

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Question 18

In which type of couple is the domestic work most unequally shared?

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Question 19

According to Boulton, women take responsibility for children’s security and well-being. How is
this view supported by Ferri and Smith?

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Question 20

According to Boulton, women take responsibility for children’s security and well-being. How is
this view supported by Dex and Ward?

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Question 21

According to Boulton, women take responsibility for children’s security and well-being. How is
this view supported by Braun, Vincent and Ball?

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Question 22

Define ‘emotion work’.

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Question 23

What three activities make up the ‘triple shift’?

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Question 24

According to Southerton, why do mothers today face greater difficulties in trying to organise
quality time?

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Question 25

How do men’s and women’s leisure time differ?

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Question 26

Summarise the cultural or ideological explanation for the unequal division of labour.

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Question 27

Summarise the material or economic explanation for the unequal division of labour.

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Question 28

What three points do Barrett and McIntosh make about family resources?

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Question 29

Define Pahl and Vogler’s two types of control over the family home:
The Allowance System
Pooling

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Question 30

Define Edgell’s three types of decision and who tends to make these.

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Question 31

How do feminists explain the differences in decision-making?

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Question 32

Give an example where pooling may not indicate equality.

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Question 33

Suggest why having separate money may not necessarily mean inequality in a couple.

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Question 34

Why may same-sex couples have different arrangements from heterosexual couples in relation
to money?

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Question 35

Define domestic violence.

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Question 36

Why do sociologists reject the view that domestic violence has psychological rather than
social causes?

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Question 37

According to Dobash and Dobash, how does marriage legitimate domestic violence?

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Question 38

What does Sylvia Walby and Jonathan Allen studies show about domestic violence?

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Question 39

What does Donna Ansara and Michelle Hindin studies show about domestic violence?

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Question 40

What does Aliyah Dar study. show about domestic violence?

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Question 41

Give the two main reasons why official statistics understate the true extent of domestic violence.

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Question 42

Summarise the radical feminist view of domestic violence.

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Question 43

Summarise the materialist view of domestic violence.

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Question 44

Evaluate the radical feminist view of domestic violence.

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Question 45

Evaluate the materialist view of domestic violence.

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