Couples - need to do couples becoming more equal

Question 1

topics within couples

Answer 1

the domestic division of labour
are couples becoming more equal
decision making
domestic violence

Question 2

parsons instrumental and expressive roles - DL

Answer 2

instrumental - husband, success at work to preovide
expressive - child socialization, wife, whousewife
division of labour is based on bio differense and is beneficial to all (NR view)
YOUNG AND WILMOTT - men are taking domestic jobs and women are becoming wage earners

Question 3

joint and segreggated cojural roles - DL

Answer 3

BOTT roles within marriage
Segregated - couples seperate roles e.g. breadwinner and homemaker
Joint conjugal - share tasks

YOUNG AND WILMOTT segregated families 1950 - men had little to do with family

Question 4

Feminist view of Housework - DL

Answer 4

reject MOp view as soiety is still patriachal
OAKLEY - claims young and wilmotts view of sym famil is exaggerated as men may just help with simple tasks - her study shows men only take part in pleasurable aspects 25% help with childcare and 15% in hoisework

Question 5

money management - DM

Answer 5

PAHL and VOGLER - two types of control
- allowance system - men give wife allowance for fam needs
- pooling - joint responsibility - shared bank account

Question 6

decision making - DM

Answer 6

EDGELL
very important decisions - husbands, housing, jobs and finance
important - joint, holidays and education
less important - wife, clothes and food
- due to men earning more

LAURE AND GURSHUNEY 1990 70% had equal contributions

Question 7

Cultural vs Material explanations - DM

Answer 7

FEM
- innequalit in DM is because of patriachy as dm around men is ingrained in society, also because of gender role socialisation
- until this view is challeneged it is likely to stay the same

Question 8

A personal life perspective of money

Answer 8

focuses on the meaning couples give to money control - just because it may look unequal if one person in the relationship controls the money this may not be the case

SMART - found that some gay and lesbain couples didnt care who controlled the money - not an inequality - greater freedom in some same sex couples because of no historical backgrounds

Question 9

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Answer 9

Is too far spread - womens aid fed - DV accounts for 1/4 too 1/6 of all recorded violent crime
DV doesnt occur randomly - men go agaisnt women, could be result of challenge in autority

Question 10

OFFICIAL STATISTICS - DV

Answer 10

Victims may be unwilling to report it - fear? Yearnshire - 35 assaults before the report

may be reluctant to investigate it (police)
- family private sphere, family is a good thing so neglect the bad side, individuals are free agents - women can leave the relationships