Criticisms that Relationships are more Equal

Question 1

relationships equal criticisms - feminists

Answer 1

lack of evidence that family is symmetrical
routine jobs predominantly women’s work
men more involved with childcare for enjoyable activities

Question 2

relationships equal criticisms - how many men believe housework is a women’s job and don’t clean?

Answer 2

4 in 10

1 in 5

Question 3

relationships equal criticisms - inequalities in the domestic division of labour

Answer 3

women expected to take responsibility for childcare arrangements
housework is second largest cause of domestic arguments

Question 4

relationships equal criticisms - domestic labour

Answer 4

unpaid housework and childcare performed by women with no holidays, unlimited hours
costs £700billion a year

Question 5

relationships equal criticisms - who benefits from domestic labour?

Answer 5

radical feminists - men as family is patriarchal unit
marxist feminists - capitalism as family is social factory (provides physical, mental well-being of family members to be able to perform labour at no costs to the capitalist)

Question 6

relationships equal criticisms - measuring the domestic division of labour

Answer 6

surveys exaggerate how much childcare men do, females take the main responsibility
research on conjugal roles carried out on small samples, based on london

Question 7

relationships equal criticisms - emotional side of the family

Answer 7

women take emotional labour, manage emotional side of family life to maintain family cohesion
make people feel good in their lives, put in work to keep relationship alive, take emotional aspect of childcare, act as family mediator

Question 8

relationships equal criticisms - triple shift

Answer 8

women have the responsibility of 3 jobs -
paid work
domestic labour
childcare/emotional work

Question 9

relationships equal criticisms - decision making

Answer 9

some decisions are jointly, few are taken by women alone except for unimportant areas
less likely to have the final say in important decisions
partner who earner the most money has greatest power to implement decisions

Question 10

relationships equal criticisms - final decision-making and money management

Answer 10

being independent in financial matters more likely in young couples without children, in full-time work, this drops when part-time
keeping money separate increases financial inequality as men earn 15% more but women have responsibility for childcare
economically dependent