Families And Households (the Symmertrical Families) Flashcards
What is the domestic division of labour?
The way gender roles are assigned within the family (men-breadwinner women-homemaker, instrumental and expressive), if this occurs, these partners are likely to have separate friends and different leisure activities.
What is the March Of Progress?
YOUNG AND WILLMORT - support the march of progress view that families are becoming less patriarchal and more symmetrical, based on functionalist theories (Parsons).
How does social mobility link to the symmetrical family?
The decline in the extended family and greater social mobility leads to looser networks of friends and reduced the pressure on newly married/cohabiting couples to retain traditional segregated roles.
How do women’s rights link to the symmetrical families?
More women in paid employment means men are being encouraged to view women on equal terms. This links to the family being seen as more equal.
How does domestic labour link to the symmetrical family?
The commercialisation of domestic labour means there are many consumer goods to help ease the burden of domestic labour, washing machines and dishwashers and home delivery products however this may only be available to middle class families.
Postmodernists view and the symmetrical family?
They argue couples are free to pick ‘n’ mix roles and identities leading to the weakening traditional gender identities, weakening the gendered division of housework and childcare.
