domestic labour, power relationships, and the family Flashcards
Explain the term relative resources theory?
The main cause of gender inequality in the home is economic.
In essence, men dominate relationships because they dominate the workplace.
Why could social policy be a barrier to equal power dynamics?
The lack of universal free childcare is regarded as an obstacle to gender equality,
Therefore, women reliant on men.
why do marxist feminists argue
Marxist feminists argue that domestic labour performed by women serves the needs of capitalism,
what are criticisms of feminists
Catherine Hakim (1996) also suggests that feminists underestimate women’s ability to make rational choices.
Do feminists devalue housebound mothers
Describe the view of Talcott Parsons when it comes to the power dynamic between men & women in a relationship?
the nuclear unit gives men and women clear and distinct social roles.
power relationship was equally balanced but roles were different.
describe the view of Young & Wilmott and their view of power dynamics in the 1970s?
their 1970 study suggested that marriage dynamics had undergone a transformation. More likely to be symmetrical or egalitarian.
- Explain the feminist response to thinkers such as Young & Wilmott?
an example of malestream sociology.
patriarchy was still very much a major part of modem nuclear families and that women still occupied a subordinate and dependent role within the family and in wider society.
- What types of three/four categories can we look at to judge if domestic labour and power dynamics are equal?
Decision making in the family
Childcare and domestic work
Emotion Work
Same-sex couples & gender ideas
what is malestream sociology?
the idea that male sociologists dominate research as they decide what is ‘worthy of study’
what are conjugal roles
the domestic tasks each person in the couple is responsible for
what did research from craig find in regards to housework
women do between 1/3 to 1/2 more housework than men
also recieved a mother penalty
outline how evidence supports the feminist argument
quantitatrive evidence regarding the domestgic division of labour clearly supports the feminist argument that women are experiencing a dual burden
summarise tghe findings of kan et al
found that men are doiung a great deal more around the home compared to their fathers and grandfathers 148 mins in 2004
outline stephen edgells research into deciosion making in families
decision making can be allocated 3 broad catagories; very important; dominated by men
important; both
less important; women
who repeated edgells research 10 years later
what did they find
hardill repeated edgells research 10 years later and fond few signs of change; therefore the domestic disvision of labor is still unequal
