Family&Households: Topic 1- Couples Flashcards

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What are the factors of the domestic division of labour?

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  • Parsons: instrumental and expressive roles
  • Joint and segregated conjugal roles
  • The symmetrical family
  • A feminist view of housework
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The domestic division of labour: functionalist view

What does Parsons argue about the gender roles in family?

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There should be labour of division:
* Instrumental: Men, success at workm financial support
* Expressive: Women, socialise kids, meet famliy emotional needs

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The domestic division of labour

How does Young and Willmott critice Parsons view on gender roles?

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They argue men are taking a share of domestic tasks and women are now earning money by working

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The domestic division of labour

What does Bott argue about joint/segregated conjugal roles?

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Two roles in marriages:
* Seperated conjugal roles: Seperate tasks and leisure time
* Joint conjugal roles: Joint tasks and leisure time

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The domestic division of labour: MOP view

What does Young and Willmott argue about the symmetrical famliy?

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They believe the family is becoming more equal

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The domestic division of labour: MOP

What factors are causing a rise in symmetrical families? Explain them.

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  • Changes in womens position: Women are going to work
  • Geographical mobility: Families can move to where work is, but more expensive so women work too
  • New technology: Labour saving devices men can use
  • Higher standards of living: Cost of living has increased
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The domestic division of labour: feminist

What is Oakleys view of houswork?

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She says Young & Willmott are exxagerating as only 15% of husbands do housework and 25% do childcare.

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The domestic division of labour: Femininst

What is the feminist view of housework?

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  • Women have a dual burden
  • British social attitudes survey found men did 8hrs a week and women did 13hrs in 2012
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Couples becoming more equal?: MOP

What does Sullivan argue about the view of housework

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  • Argues theres a new man (do feminine tasks)
  • Collected data in 1975, 1987 & 1997 and found trends of women doing less domestic tasks
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Couples becoming more equal?

What does Dex and Ward argue about taking responsibility for children?

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Found only 1% of fathers took care for their sick child but 78% played with their child

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Couples becoming more equal?

What does Duncombe and Marsden argue about emotional work and triple shift?

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Women performs a triple shift:
* Housework
* Paid work
* Emotional work

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Couples becoming more equal?

What does Southerton argue about taking responsibility for ‘quality time’?

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Quality time for responsibility falls on mothers rather than fathers.

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Couples becoming more equal?

What does Cromption & Lyonette argue about the cultural explanations for gender division of labour?

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Women perform more domestic labour because thats what society expects them to do

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Couples becoming more equal?

What does Crompton & Lyonette argue about the material explanation for gender division of labour?

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Women earn less so its rational for them to do more housework.

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Couples becoming more equal?

What is the evidence Ramos gives to explain material deprivation?

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Found that when only the women is working, she still does as much domestic work as men

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Couples becoming more equal?

What is the evidence Dunne gives to explain cultural deprivation?

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Lesbians are more symmetrical due to the absence of heterosexual norms

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Resource and decision making in households

What does Barrett and McIntosh argue about the control of family income?

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  • Men make important decisions
  • The financial support men give to wives is unpredictable
  • Men gain more from women domestically
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Resource and decision making in households

What does Pahl and Volger argue about money mangagement?

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2 main types of control over family income
* Allowance system: Men gives women allowance for the family and keeps the rest for themselves
* Pooling: Both parents have access to income responsiblity

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Resource and decision making in households

What does Edgells argue about decision making?

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  • Very important decision: Done by husband
  • Important decisions: Joint or by women
  • Less important decisions: done by women
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Resource and decision making in households: decision making

What does Smart argue about the ‘personal life’ perspective on money?

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The meanings money has in relationships cannot be taken for granted. E.g. same sex couples have a different meaning of money control. Smart:
* Gay and lesbian people attached no importance of money control and are happy with their partners

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Domestic violence and abuse

What are the trends for DV on the crime survery for England and Wales?

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2.1mill people have reported having been vitims of DV in 2023

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Domestic violence and abuse

What does Coleman argue about the trends of domestic abuse?

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Women are likely to experience intimiate violence compared to men

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Domestic violence and abuse

What ddoes Yearnshire argue about official statistics underestimating DV?

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Women are unwilling to report to police. E.g. women suffer 35 assults before reporting

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Domestic violence and abuse

What does Cheal argue about why O.S underestimate DV?

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Police many not do anything as women are free to leave from abuse but male abuse is coupled with economic power

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Domestic violence and abuse: Radical feminist

What does Millett and Finestone argue about the explination to DV?

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  • They see famliy/marriage as the key institution in patriachal society
  • DV is inevitable
  • Men are the enemy: women are opressed and exploited
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Domestic violence and abuse

How does Elliot critic the radical feminist explanation?

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Not all men are aggressive

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Domestic violence and abuse

What does Wilkinson and Pichett argue the material explanations for DV are?

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  • Sees Dv as a result of stress of family caused by society
  • W/C have more stress, meaning they’re more at risk
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Domestic violence and abuse

What are the strenghts and weaknesses of the material explanation of DV?

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  • Strengths: showshow social inequality can trigger violence
  • Weakness: Doesnt explain why women are mainly the victim of DV