Couples - Theorists Flashcards
Parsons
A functionalist, came up with the theory of the instrumental role and the expressive role.
Bott
Distinguished two types of conjugal roles within marriage: segregated conjugal roles, and joint conjugal roles.
Young and Willmott
March of progress theorists, believe that the family is becoming more symmetrical.
Oakley
Did the housewife study, found that men do little housework in comparison to women. Criticise MoP theorists their claims being exaggerated.
Gershuny
Argues that women working full-time is leading to a more equal DoL. Found that working women did less housework than unemployed women.
Hochschild
Came up with the idea of ‘emotion work’.
Duncombe and Marsden
Argue that women have to perform a ‘triple shift’.
Southerton
Came up with the idea of ‘quality time’, and argues that the management of this is usually delegated to the wives.
Crompton and Lyonette
Identified the cultural/ideological explanations for inequality and the material/economic explanation of inequality.
Dunne
Did a study on female relationships and found that they have less pressure than heterosexual couples to perform to gender scripts.
Pahl and Volger
Identified two main types of family income: the allowance system, and pooling.
Smart
Found that homosexual couples attached no importance to who controlled the money in the relationship.
Dobash and Dobash
Found that domestic abuse occurred frequently when the wife questioned the husband’s authority.
Millett and Firestone
Argue that all societies are founded on patriarchy and that men are the enemy.
