Couples Fam Flashcards
More Equal
Labour Division and Power Division
More Equal Labour Division
Bott, Young and Willmott, Material Explanations, and Cultural Explanations
Bott
two types of conjugal roles in marriage; segregated and joint
AO3: segregated less seen
Young and Willmott
symmetrical family means they have similar roles
AO3: white m/c families
(ML) Material Explanations
Arber and Ginn and Kan
Arber and Ginn
buying labour saving devices
AO3: women are the only ones using them
Kan
every £10,000 a women earns she does 2hrs less housework
AO3: doesn’t mean the man does it though
(ML) Cultural Explanations
Gershuny and Kan
Gershuny
couples whose parents had more equal relationships are more likely to have one themselves
AO3: long time before all couples are like this
Kan
young men claim to do more domestic housework than their fathers
AO3: it is only a claim may not be true
More Equal Power Division
Money Management and Cultural Explanations
Money Management
Pahl and Vogler
Pahl and Vogler
pooling is more common than the allowance system
AO3: women earn less so put in less which could be used against them
(MP) Cultural Explanation
Dunne
Dunne
lesbian couples are more equal as there is no gender script
AO3: different type so cannot be applied to heterosexuals
Less Equal
Labour Division and Power Division
Less Equal Labour Division
Parson, Oakley, Emotional Labour, Responsibility for Childcare, and Domestic Labour
Parson
husband = instrumental role, wife = expressive role and this role allocation benefits all
AO3: feminists believe it only benefits men
Oakley
no evidence of a symmetrical family
AO3: Boulton = fewer than 20% of men have a major role in childcare
Emotional Labour
Hochschild and Duncombe and Marsden