Family - Responsibility And Decision Making

Question 1

BARRETT AND MCINTOSH

Answer 1

Men gain more from women’s domestic work than they give back through financial support. The financial support they give comes with strings attached and the men decide what the money is spent on ‘because it is theirs’.

Question 2

KEMPSON

Answer 2

Low income families

Women would eat smaller portions or not at all to ensure the rest of the family wouldn’t go without.

Question 3

PAHL AND VOGLER

Answer 3

There are types of control over family income

Allowance system and pooling where both partners have access to income and shared responsibility

Question 4

EDGELL

Answer 4

Study of professional couples
Very important decisions made by husband e.g. Moving, finance
Important decisions made by both eg school
Less important decisions made by woman e.g. Food, children’s clothes

Question 5

GERSHUNY

Answer 5

1995 - 70% of couples said they had an equal say in decisions

Question 6

NYMAN (personal life perspective)

Answer 6

Meaning of money differs e.g. Smart says same sex couples attach no importance to who controls money so it’s not a big deal.