Couples - Theorists Flashcards

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Parsons (couples)

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Functionalist/structuralist
- Instrumental and expressive roles
Believed men and women biologically suited to these roles

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Bott ( couples)

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Join conjugal roles / separated conjugal roles

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Wilmott and Young ( Couples)

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‘symmetrical family’
- Bethanal green study
- roles more similar
- supports march of progress

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Oakley (couples)

Boulton (couples)

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criticises symmetrical family
found only 15% of men helped in housework

  • 20 % men helped in childcare
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Warde and Heatherington (couples)

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  • stereotypical viewpoint
  • sex typing of domestic tasks still strong
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Gurshuny (couples)

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Trend towards equality
Argues that with more women in work → causes this shift to more equality in sharing of domestic work within a household

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Sullivan (couples)

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looked at data from 1975/87/97 and found a trend towards greater equality and less gendering of domestic roles

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Southerton

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Men → more likely to have long blocs of leisure time
Women → more likely to have leisure time interrupted by children (Triple shift)

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