Couples- Resources + Decision Making

Question 1

Barrett + McIntosh

Answer 1

-Men gain far more from womens domestic work than they give in return
-Financial support unpredictable and comes with ‘strings attatched’

1991

Question 2

Kempson

Answer 2

-Among LIC families women denied their own needs and often went without
-Skipping meals, seldom going out
-Shows that a woman has no entitlement to a share of household resources in her own right

1994

Question 3

Pahl + Vogler

Answer 3

-Allowance System- men give their wives abudget to meet families needs, retaining surplus for himself

-Pooling- where both partners have access to income and joint responsibility for expenditure (most common)

-However income still controlled by the man, gives him more control in major financial decisions

1993

Question 4

Edgell

Answer 4

Professional Couples
-Very important decisions- made by husband alone or jointly with his final say

-Important decisions- joint, seldom by the wife alone

-Less important decisions- usually made by the wife

Rerason for this was because men had more earning power, proving decision making to be economic

1980

Question 5

Smart

Answer 5

Found some gay men and lesbians attatched no importance to who controlled the money
-Didn’t see economic factors as determining the equality of the relatonaship

2007