Domestic Division of Labour Flashcards
Explain symmetrical family
Parents have shared responsibilities - mainly nuclear, limited contact with extended kin.
What are conjugal roles?
The separation of a couples household roles based on the gender.
What is the domestic division of labour?
The way that domestic work is divided out between partners.
What is an egalitarian marriage?
A marriage where power is equally distributed.
What is malestream sociology?
Sociology has been male dominated meaning there is little sociological research on issues that affect women.
Marxist feminists claim the ______ ____ want women to stay at ____ because:
They _______ future ______, ____ of charge to ________.
The ________ is an _______ consumer, ________ to _______.
a) ruling class
b) home
c) produce
d) workers
e) free
f) capitalists
g) housewife
h) important
i) contributing
j) capitalism
Radical feminists claim ____ work hard to maintain ________ ______ roles in the ________.
The _______ role serves ____ and their _______.
a) men
b) patriarchal
c) gender
d) household
d) housewife
e) men
f) interests
Criticisms of feminism - H_____ (19__) argues many women make a _______ decision to ______ their roles as ______ over their ______.
Some aren’t ________ in truly ________ marriage - they get their ______ from the ____ they fulfill in the _____.
a) Hakim (1996)
b) rational
c) prioritise
d) mothers
e) careers
f) interested
g) egalitarian
h) self-worth
i) roles
j) home
Criticisms of feminism - who is the primary critique of the feminist outlook?
Hakim (1996)
Functionalist - Parsons stated women are ________ leaders and men are __________ leaders.
a) expressive
b) instrumental
Functionalist - Parsons stated women are expressive leaders and men are instrumental leaders.
What does this mean?
Expressive = emotional support Instrumental = breadwinner in charge of discipline
Feminist - what did Wilmott & Young (1975) find after interviewing 2,500+ people across London?
Symmetrical family became the norm across working-class & middle-class communities.
Composed of 2 parents & their children.
‘Privatised’ (infrequent contact with extended family).
Dual-career & egalitarian.
Feminist - what did Wilmott & Young (1975) state characterised the symmetrical family? (3)
2 parents & their children.
‘Privatised’ (infrequent contact with extended family).
Dual-career & egalitarian.
Radical feminist - what did Oakley state about the reality of research/theories into symmetrical families & the domestic division of labour?
‘What people say is more egalitarian than what they do’.
Radical feminist - what did Oakley (1974) find after interviewing 40 housewives in London?
The patriarchy was present: 15% of husbands regularly participated in housework & of this 15%, some saw it as favours to wives.