Definitions in gender roles and relationships Flashcards
What are joint and segregated conjugal roles?
Bott distinguished between shared and divided gender roles in families
What are the instrumental and expressive roles?
Parsons identified men as breadwinners (instrumental) and women as caregivers (expressive)
What is the symmetrical family?
Wilmott and Young’s concept of more equal gender roles in modern families
What is the domestic division of labour?
Allocation of household tasks, often shaped by gender norms
What are dual earner families?
Households where both partners are employed, balancing paid and unpaid work
What is the gender pay gap?
The disparity in earnings between men and women
What is childcare?
Shared or outsourced responsibility for children’s care, influenced by gender roles and social policies
What is emotional work?
Managing feelings and relationships within families, often done by women
What is dual burden?
Women’s role in both paid employment and domestic labour
What is the triple shift?
Women’s combination of paid work, domestic duties, and emotional labour
What are power relationships?
Refers to the dynamics within families where power is often unequal, particularly along gender lines, with men typically holding more power in decision-making
What is decision making?
The process by which family members make choices, often influenced by power dynamics, where men have historically had more control over significant decisions
What is pooling of resources?
The practice in some families of combining incomes or assets, which can impact the distribution of power and equality within the household, though it can also mask inequalities in financial control
What is domestic violence?
Power and control in relationships, often gendered, affecting family dynamics
What are gender scripts?
Socially constructed expectations of male and female behaviour
