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
Hochschild
women take responsibility for ‘emotional work’
AO3: not just them now
Duncombe and Marsden
women deal with sibling fights
AO3: women are better with emotions
Responsibility for Childcare
Ferri and Smith and Dex and Ward
Ferri and Smith
in less then 4% of households fathers care for child
AO3: this is increasing
Dex and Ward
1% of fathers take care of ill child
AO3: mothers are more likely to be at home
Domestic Work
BAS, Oakley, and Warde and Hetherington
BAS
13% of men believe a man’s job is to earn the money and woman’s to stay at home
AO3: was 45% in 1984
BAS
in 2012 men did 8hrs of housework a week and women 13hrs now men do 10 and women do 23
AO3: men do more work
Oakley
15% of husbands have high participation in housework
AO3: these ones are properly involved
Warde and Hetherington
women are 30 times more likely to have been the last to do the dishes whereas men were 4 times more likely to have been the last to wash the car
AO3: washing is easier to do than washing a car
Less Equal Power Division
Money Management, Material Explanation, Quality Time, and Decision Making
Money Management
Pahl and Vogler
Pahl and Vogler (L)
men make major financial decisions
AO3: pooling allows women to be financially independent
(LP) Material Explanation
Kempson
Kempson
low income women are denied needs and have to make sacrifices when asking for help from men
AO3: they can get loans from Government
Quality Time
Southerton Notes
Southerton Notes
men have uninterrupted blocks of leisure but not women
AO3: take it in turns
Decision Making
Edgell
Edgell
men make important decisions, both make decisions for child and women makes decision on her own for decor
AO3: women don’t have the time
Domestic Violence
any incident or pattern of incidents of controlling, coercive or threatening behaviour, violence, or abuse between those aged 16 or over who are or have been intimate partners or family members regardless of gender or sexuality.
Reasons for DV
Cultural Explanations and Material Explanations
Cultural Explanations (DV)
Millet and Firestone and Radical Feminists
Millet and Firestone
all societies are founded on patriarchy and so in the Government there should be a bias towards women (51%) but there isn’t which means that policies implemented by men won’t be as effective
AO3: women may not be applying for those types of jobs
Radical Feminists
men demonstrate power through domestic violence
AO3: Elliot = deterministic as not all men are aggressive
Radical Feminists
males dominate state institutions and so may be reluctant to deal with these cases due to gender bias so rules are unclear
AO3: females can also be domestically violent but doesn’t explain why
Material Explanations (DV)
Wilkinson and Pickett
Wilkinson and Pickett
violence is a result of stress caused by social inequalities, poor housing conditions, social time and circle reduces due to working hours so no way to let off steam
AO3: Ansley = women are the takers of shit and capitalism has caused DV as men get exploited at work and take this out on wives
Reasons for Under Reporting
Individuals and Police/Prosecutors Reluctancy
Individuals
feel trapped in that relationships (might love them or feel can change them)
may fear repercussions as partner get more violent
feel issue is too trivial for police
Police/Prosecutors Reluctancy
family is private sphere so access should be limited
neglect the darker side of families
assume women will leave as ‘free’ agents
