COUPLES Flashcards

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
1
Q

Parsons

Domestic division Labour

A

Husband: instrumental roles
Wife: expressive roles - women naturally fit this role

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Criticism for parsons division of labour

A

Young and willmott-
Men are now taking a greater share of domestic tasks

Feminist - division of labour is natural, only benefits men

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Bott

A

Segregated conjugal roles - male breadwinner and female homemaker
Joint conjugal roles - couples share the house work and childcare

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Young and willmott

A

Symmetrical family

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Who says the symmetrical family and what are included

A
Young and Willmott - 
Changes in women’s positions 
Geographical mobility 
New technology
Higher standards of living
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Who criticises young and willmott

Feminist

A

Oakley - claims it is exaggerated and men only help around the house

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

What does hochschild say

A

Emotion work - feminists have noticed that women of a family have to take care of the emotional work of the family members

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Marsden

A

Triple shift - housework, paid work, emotion work.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

What does Gershuny say?

A

Couples whose parents had more equal relationships are more likely to share housework equally themselves = parental roles are important, social values

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Pahl and vogler

A

The allowance system - men give wives an allowance to budget for family needs, rest of the income for himself.
Pooling - both partners have joint access to the income: joint bank account

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Edgell’s

Decision making

A

Very important - man (house, change job)
Important - jointly (children’s Ed, holiday)
Less important - female (food, clothes)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Carol smart

Personal life perspective

A

Some gay and lesbian couples attach no importance to who controlled money
Money wasn’t seen as an control factor (doesn’t mean equality and inequality)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Dobash and Dobash

A

Challenging a husbands authority, power change = domestic violence

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Yearnshire

A

Women suffers 35 assaults before reporting it

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Cheal

A

Police aren’t prepared to get involved with the family: private sphere, dark side of the family

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

Firestone

Radical fem

A

Key institutions like family and marriage in a patriarchal society = main source of women’s oppression MEN DOMINATE WOMEN THROUGH DV! :(

17
Q

Criticism for domestic violence

A

Elliot -
Not all men are aggressive, radical feminists ignore this
Radical feminists ignore child abuse, violence in lesbian relationships

18
Q

Ferri and Smith

A

Fathers only took fewer then 4% of responsibility in families

19
Q

Arber and Ginn

A

M/c women can afford labour saving devices, help around the house - less domestic work

20
Q

Kan

A

Every £10,000 a year more a women earns, 2 hours less of housework

21
Q

Gershuny criticism to pahl and vogler - money management

A

70% of couples said they had equal say in decisions

Found women with Hugh earning, well qualified professionals were more likely to have an equal say

22
Q

Crime survey for England and Wales 2013 (men and domestic violence)

A

Found 18% (2.9 million) men have experience domestic violence since age 16

23
Q

Wilkinson and Pickett

Material explanation of DV

A

DV a result of stress on the family caused by social inequality - having fewer resources, reduces stable relationships & increase conflict
Money, jobs, housing, bills…

24
Q

Reason for DV

Crompton and Lyonette

A

As a result:
GENDER INEQUALITY -
- of patriarchal dominance
- material deprivation, lack of resources

25
Q

dex and ward

A

Fathers - 78% played their children but only 1% of fathers took care of a sick child