Domestic division of labour: lesson 21 Flashcards
1
Q
What was Edgell interested in?
A
- distribution of power and who makes decisions in families
2
Q
What did Edgell categorise decisions into?
A
- very important
- important
- less important
3
Q
What are examples of very important, important and less important
A
- VI: buying a house
- I: quality of children’s life
- LI: buying food
4
Q
What did Edgells data show?
A
Men made the important decisions and women make less important ones
5
Q
Why did Edgells data show this?
A
Men earn more so women are economically dependent on them and have less of a say
6
Q
What did Paht investigate?
A
- 102 couples with at least one child under 16
7
Q
What two types of control did Paht identify?
A
- allowance system
- pooling systems
8
Q
What were the statistics that Paht discovered from these couples?
A
- 39 husband controlled pooling
- 27 wife controlled pooling
- 22 husband controlled allowance
- 14 wife controlled allowance
9
Q
What did Dunne investigate?
A
- whether homosexual couples conform to gender roles
- investigated 37 lesbians with children
10
Q
What did Dunne discover?
A
- more likely to be equal as gender scripts don’t apply
- if one partner has higher income inequality increases
