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Couples Flashcards

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Domestic division of labour is

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The roles that men and women play in relation to housework childcare and paid work

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Parsons view

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Functionalist

Instrumental and expressive roles

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Instrumental role

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Husband
Achieve success at work
Provide family financially
Breadwinner

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Expressive role

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Primary socialisation of children
Wife
Meet families emotional needs
Housewife

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5
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Parson says about his division of labour

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Based on biological differences

Beneficial to both men and women

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2 people who criticise parsons view

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Feminists

Young and willmott - improvement in men

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Elizabeth botts view

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Joint and segregated conjugal roles

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Segregated conjugal roles

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Couples separate
Male breadwinner
Female homemaker
Leisure activities separate

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9
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Joint conjugal roles

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Couples share tasks

Leisure time together

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10
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Bethnal Green London

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Pattern of segregated conjugal roles
Men breadwinners and at pubs/ working men’s clubs
Women full time housewife’s
1950

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11
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Young and willmott domestic division of labour view

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March of progress 
Symmetrical family 
Roles between wife and husband much more similar 
Women go out to work 
Men help at home 
Younger couples
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Symmetrical family is the result of 4 things

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Changes in women’s positions
Geographical mobility
New technology
Higher standards of living

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Feminists reject

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March of progress

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14
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Ann Oakley

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Feminist

Men help only once a week

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If women work and do housework they have a

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Dual burden

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Gershuny view on equality

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Women working full time leads to more equal division of labour

17
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Boultons view on equality

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Women usually take on children’s security and well being

18
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Triple shift is

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Emotion work
Housework
Paid work

19
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Women’s leisure time often involves

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Childcare

20
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Octal attitudes survey shoes

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Continuing inequality

21
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Cultural or ideological explanation of inequality

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Division of labour determined by patriarchal norms and values

22
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Material or economic explanation of inequality

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Women generally earn less than men

23
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Evidence for cultural explanation

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Gershuny - couples whose parents had equal relationship will share housework

24
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What is the allowance system

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Men give wives an allowance
They have to budget to meet family’s needs
Rest is for the man

25
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What is pooling

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Both partners have access to income
Joint responsibility
Joint bank account

26
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Pooling may be bad because

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Controlled by man

27
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Very important decisions made by

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Husband alone or husband having final say

E.g. moving house

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Important decisions made by

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Jointly , rarely wife alone

E.g. children’s education

29
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Less important decisions taken by

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Wife

E.g. food purchases

30
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Decision making theory

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Edgell

31
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Personal life perspective

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Focuses on meanings couples give to who controls money

E.g. some gay couples attach no importance to money

32
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Domestic violence is

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Any incident of controlling or threatening behaviour

Can be financial, emotional or physical

33
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2 challenges to the view that domestic violence is because of a few sick individuals

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It’s far too widespread

Does not occur randomly

34
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Dobash and dobash

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Domestic violence can be set off when a husband saw a challenge to his authority

35
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Why do domestic violence statistics underestimate the true problem

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May be unwilling to report to police (35 times before report)
Police may be unwilling to report (family is private)

36
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Radical feminist explanation about domestic violence

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Patriarchal ideas
Men oppress
Men dominate women

37
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Radical feminist view on domestic violence fault

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Don’t explain women abusers

38
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Materialistic explanation of domestic violence

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Economic factors and lack of resources
Low income = overcrowding
High levels of stress and worries

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