Couples- gender roles Flashcards
Parsons
Domestic Division of Labour
Instrumental- husband provider
Expressive- wife, nurturer
1955
Functionalist
Bott
Domestic Division of Labour
Conjugal Roles
-Seggregated- seperate, clear divide
-Joint- share tasks, equal labour division
1957
Functionalist
Young + Willmott
Domestic Division of Labour
Symmetrical Family
-March of progress view
-Roles are similar, work shared
-Reasons: Womens position, geographical mobility, technology, higher standards of living
1973
Functionalist
Oakley
Domestic division of labour
Dual burden
-Y+W claims are exaggerated
-15% men high participation in housework
-25% in childcare
1974
Radical Feminist
Hochschild, Duncombe and Marsden
Emotion Work- managing emotions and feeling of family (H)
Triple Shift- housework, paid work and emotion work
H- 2013, D+M- 1995
Radical Feminist
Southerton
Quality Time- coordinating managing the families together time
-Difficulty due to 24/7 society, flexible working patterns, time is deroutinised
-‘Women pushed for time’ and are less likely to have consolidated blocks of free time, carry a dual burden of increased activity volume
2011
Crompton + Lyonette
-Cultural/ ideological- patriarchal morms and values determine gender roles
-Material/ economic- women generally earn less than men so its rational fo men to go to work and women head the house
2008
Dunne
Cultural Explanation
-Lesbian couples have more symmetrical relationships due to the absence of traditional heterosexual ‘gender scripts’
-37 Lesbian couples, found heterosexual couples
under pressure to conform to deeply ingrained patriarchal scripts
-However when one did more paid work hours spent doing domestic were unequal suggesting paid work still affects the DofL
1999
Ramos, Arber + Ginn
-MC women able to purchase commercislly produced labour saving equipment
-When woman is the breadwinner man does as much unpaid labour as she would- Ramos 2003
1995
Pahl + Vogler
Resources + decision making
-Allowance system
-Pooling- men still hold power
1993
