Domestic Division of labour Flashcards
What does Domestic Division of Labour refer to?
“The way household tasks, childcare, and responsibilities are divided between men and women within the home.”
What does decision making in the family involve?
Ways that families determine how decisions are made, including financial and day-to-day decisions.
What are the two roles identified by Parsons in the Traditional Views of Domestic Division of Labour?
- Instrumental Role
- Expressive Role
What is the Instrumental Role according to Parsons?
The rational male role that is the breadwinner and disciplinarian of the family.
What does the Expressive Role encompass?
The emotional and caring role usually carried out by females, including child care and domestic labour.
What are the two conjugal roles identified by Bott
Joint- shared domestic responsibility and leisure time
Segragated- seperate roles and seperate leisure time
What is the March of Progress View proposed by Wilmot and Young?
Families are becoming more equal and democratic, moving towards joint conjugal roles.
According to McIntosh & Barrett, how does decisions around money within the family occur?
Men gain more from women’s unpaid domestic labour and in allowance situations men do not give adequate financial recompense and it often comes with strings attached. Men often make the majority of the big decisions.
Who proposed the pooling and allowance system
Pahl and Volger
What is the Allowance System in decision making regarding money?
Men give wives a certain amount of money for family expenses, while all excess belongs to them.
What does the term ‘Pooling’ refer to in family finance?
All money goes into a central pot, and couples take joint responsibility for expenditure however men tend to earn more than women
What does Edgell say about Decision making in the family?
Very important decision are taken by men, important decisions taken jointly, day to day decisions taken by women.
What did Laurie and Gurshunny (2000) find about couples’ say in family decisions?
70% of couples said they had equal say in family decisions by 1995.
What do Feminists say about decision making in the family?
Decision making isn’t linked to money but cultural expectations of a patriarchal society and gender role socialisation.
True or False: Feminists believe decision making is linked to money.
False
What economic change has influenced roles in the household?
Economically active women/mothers require men to participate more in household chores.
How has the decline in the extended family affected domestic roles?
Couples need to be more equal due to fewer family members available to help with tasks.
What does ‘Weakening Gender Identities’ imply for domestic roles?
There is less pressure to conform to traditional roles due to increased gender neutrality.
How has technology affected the domestic division of labour?
New technology has reduced the need for some traditional domestic tasks.
What is the impact of the commercialisation of domestic labour?
Growth in the domestic labour industry as families pay for certain tasks to be completed such as nannies or maids.
What do Wilmot and Young suggest about the Symmetrical Family?
There is an acceptance of the interchangeability of roles.
What evidence has Young and Wilmot found to support the claim of the symmetrical family rising
7 out of 10 women of working age now have jobs. Half of mothers with children aged under five are in work. 36% of couples say that the man is the main carer
What is the ‘Duel Burden’ and ‘Triple Shift’ concept?
Women have major responsibility for domestic tasks even in dual career families.
What did the British Social Attitudes Survey (1992) reveal about household tasks?
Certain household tasks have become more equal than others.
