Family&Households: Topic 1- Couples~ Vital vocab Flashcards
What is cultural (ideological) explanations?
Living in a patriarchal society. We are socialized to believe we should be unequal.
What is division of labor?
The separation of a work process into a number of tasks, with each task performed by a separate person or group.
What is domestic violence?
Violent or aggressive behaviour within the home, typically involving the violent abuse of a spouse or partner
What is a dual burden?
The workload of paid work and domestic work.
What is emotional work?
The art of trying to change the degree or quality of an emotion or feeling.
What are expressive role?
The role of a mother providing emotional support and socialising children
What are instrumental roles?
The role of a father providing economic support for the family
What is joint conjugal roles?
Where husbands and wives spend leisure time together and share tasks.
What are labour saving devices?
A machine, gadget that reduces effort and hard work.
What is the march of progress view?
The view that society is in fact improving over time.
What is material (economic) explanation?
Women do not work or work less, therefore doing more around the house.
What is money management?
How you handle all of your finances, from budgeting, investing, saving, setting goals.
What is pooling?
Where both partners have access to income and joint responsibility for expenditure
What are segregated conjugal roles?
The husband and wife have different tasks and spend leisure time separately
What is sex typing?
The process through which some jobs are labelled as ‘women’ or ‘mens’ work.
