Families And Households (evaluation)

Question 1

1.

Answer 1

Evidence shows women still carry the majority of domestic tasks around the house, despite being in paid employment.

Question 2

2.

Answer 2

WAERNESS- There’s no country in the world where men do more of the housework than women

Question 3

3.

Answer 3

Women living with a male partner who are in full-time work are responsible for 2/3 of the time couples spend on household and childcare activities.

Question 4

4.

Answer 4

More than 3/4 of women take most/all responsibility for household food shopping (food standards agency 2007)

Question 5

5.

Answer 5

HARKNESS- Women are more likely to take time off paid work to look after sick children

Question 6

6.

Answer 6

Feminists argue women entering paid work have led to them carry a ‘dual burden’ -paid work and unpaid domestic labour

Question 7

7.

Answer 7

DUNCOMBE AND MARSDEN- argue women have a ‘triple shift’ - the dual burden and emotional work dealing with rows and upset children

Question 8

Power and authority 1.

Answer 8

EDGELL- financial decision making, making and money management is mainly down to the man. Fewer than half working women are responsible

Question 9

2.

Answer 9

PAHL- found there is growing individualisation in finances, couples have more independence, eg Esperanto bank accounts, more likely to be in younger couples

Question 10

reasons for this-

Answer 10

1. Men earn more - greater economic power of men
2. Patriarchal gender socialisation reinforce cultural norms, women as homemaker