FAMILY: domestic division of labour/ conjugal roles Flashcards
What functionalist theory describes men and women having separate natural roles?
Parsons
The instrumental role - men - breadwinner
The expressive role - women - caring and nurturing
What did Young & Wilmott find about division of labour?
functionalist
There has been a move towards the symmetrical family.
This is where roles are equally divided between genders.
They found this was more common among young and affluent couples.
What did Oakley find about the division of labour?
She criticised Young & Wilmott’s study.
74% of men claim to help around the house but she found that in the 40 women she studied they did virtually all of the housework.
What did Ferri find about the division of labour?
Women have a dual burden/dual shift.
This means they do the majority of domestic duties as well as going out to work.
What did Duncombe & Marsden find about emotion work?
Women complained of men’s emotional distance.
Men saw their role as the breadwinner and offered little emotional support.
What did Pahl find about money and marriage?
Whichever system of money management was used the man seemed to have more control.
Men were more commonly the breadwinners.
What do functionalists believe about the division of labour?
Male and female roles are biologically determined.
There should be a clear division of labour between spouses.
What did Gershuny find about the division of labour?
Women working full time is leading to a more equal division of labour.
Couples who had parents who had more equal roles in the home were more likely to imitate this themselves.
2 statistics about domestic abuse
1/4 women are victims of domestic abuse at least once in their lifetime.
A quarter of crime in the UK is domestic abuse
What did Dobash & Dobash find about domestic abuse?
The common cause for domestic abuse is power issues, husbands feeling their authority is being challenged.
According to Wilkinson who is most likely to commit domestic abuse?
Poor men
Wilkinson concluded that domestic violence is the result of pressure of families caused by social inequality.
What did Stanko find about the rate of domestic abuse?
1/4 of women in the UK will experience domestic abuse first hand
1/8 will be repeatedly abused
99% of domestic abuse incidents are towards women
What did Silver conclude about the changing burden of domestic work?
The introduction of domestic gadgets has reduced of housework on women.
