Domestic Division of labour Flashcards
What does Domestic Division of Labour refer to?
Chores completed around the house such as cleaning, laundry, cooking, DIY, and gardening.
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 do men benefit from women’s unpaid domestic labour?
Men gain more from women’s unpaid domestic labour, often making the majority of 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.
According to Edgell (1980), who makes very important decisions in the family?
Very important decisions are taken by men.
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.
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.
According to Rapoport and Rapoport (1970), how were career women viewed?
They were still viewed as ‘wives and mothers.’
What does Ann Oakley mean by ‘Jointly, this does not mean equally’?
Men participate in domestic tasks to ‘help their wives.’
What did Craig (2007) find regarding housework distribution?
Women do 1/3 more housework than men due to the partnership penalty and marriage penalty.
What did Dunne (1999) discover about same-sex couples?
Gay and lesbian couples are more equal and symmetrical than heterosexual ones.
