family and house holds Flashcards
parsons parental roles
instrumental and expressive roles
critcisms of parsons instrumental and expressive roles
- feminists say that it is not natural like Parsons claims
- man are now doing more of the domestic jobs and wives are becoming wage earners
functionalist views on roles of male and female
they believe that segregated roles are best
young and willmott
the symmetrical family and march of progress view, there has been a long term trend towards symmetry and its getting better
oakley
found fewer than 20% of husbands had a major role in childcare
British social attitudes
men on average do 8 hours of house work and women do 13, also found that couples continue to divide the house work by stereotypical gendered roles
ferry and smith
fathers took responsibility for childcare less then 4% of the time
marsden and duncombe
tripple shift
gershney
peoples whose parents had more equal relationships were more likely to have more equal relationships
gillan and dune
lesbian couples had more symmetrical relationships because of absence of traditional heterosexual gender scripts
kan
for every £10,000 a woman makes she does 2 hours less of housework on average
barret and mcintosh
men gain more from the domestic work that women do then women gain from men financially
edgell
very important decisions were made by men, important were joint and small decisions were made by the wife
problems with official statistics
maybe inaccurate because of victim being unwilling to report it and those that do get reported police are relictant to get involved because they view the family as beneficial for all parties
radical feminists on domestic violence
because the patriarchy thery believe that it is inevitable future in a patriarchal society
criticisms of feminist view of domestic violence
elliot - not all men benefit from domestic violence as most do not support it
redical feminists also fail to explain female violence
pilcher
the most important feature of the modern idea of childhood is separateness, childhood is seen as clear and distinct life stage
firth
in third world countries they had less value placed on children showing obedience to adult authority
malinowski
childrens sexual hebaviour is often viewed differently
aries
the idea of childhood did not exists in the 10th - 13th centuries
reasons for change in the positions of children
- laws restricting child labor and paid work
- compulsory school
- child protection and welfare
- the growth of the idea of child’s rights
- smaller families
- laws and policies that apply specifically to children
postman
choldood is disappearing becuase we are moving away from a print culture and towards a television culture where information is available to everyoen so no more information hierarchy
jenkins
childhood is not disappearing only changing and that as we move from modernity to post modernity people put increased importance on the relationships with their kids as divorces and other relationships become more unstable. this makes adults even more fearful for children’s safety and sees them as vulnerable
palmer
children now have toxic childhood as they now have video games, junk food, and growing emphasis on testing in education
