Couples: Division Of Labour

Question 1

Domestic division of labour

Answer 1

The division of task in the household between the partner and if has become more equal

Question 2

PARSONS: instrumental and expressive roles

Answer 2

Division of lia is based on biologically differences and men and women are suited to these roles

HUSBAND ROLE: instrumental is achieving successful job, provide finances, authoritative and discipline, important decision making

WIFES ROLE: expressive is socialising with, meeting emotionally needs, domestic role

Question 3

BOTT: joint and segregated conjugal roles

Answer 3

SEGREGATED CONJUGAL ROLES: couples have separate roles (male= breadwinner female=homemaker) the leisure activities tend to be separate

HOINT CONJUGAL ROLES: couples share task such as housework, childcare, and spend leisure time together

Question 4

WILLMOTT + YOUNG: symmetrical family

Answer 4

•march of progress= family life is gradually improving (equal + democratic )

•leaving segregated conjugal roles and going towards symmetrical family

Question 5

EVALUATION: Ann Oakley + boultan

Answer 5

•ANN OAKLY: critiques willmott and young as men only clean once a week

•BOULTAN: few than 20% of husbands help with child care

Question 6

MARCH OF PROGRESS VEIW

Answer 6

•we don’t live in families where women do all domectic roles

•men are more involved in domestic division of labour

Question 7

MARCH OF PROGRESS: willmott + young, Sullivan

Answer 7

Willmott + young - increase of symmetrical families

Sullivan- women do less domestic task and men do more ‘traditional’ task

Question 8

FEMINIST VEIW: BSAS, hochchild, duncombe+ marsden

Answer 8

•women doing paid work has not created more equality but increased burden (dual burden + triple shift)

BSAS- men do 8 hours of house work and women do 13 hours of house work weekly

hohchild- emotional work, women are responsible for managing the house emotions

Dumncombe + marsden - women experience triple shift