gender power and labour Flashcards
Parsons
1955
instrumental role
expressive role
Elizabeth Bott
1957
conjugal roles
- segregated and joint
Ann Oakley 1974
stated that women were suffering from dual burden
domestic and paid work
dismissed young and willmotts view and said that this was as little as once a week
Young and Willmott 1973
‘march of progress’
‘symmetrical family’
‘new man’
72% husbands helped out around the house
Gershunny 1974/5
lagged adaption
Dunscombe and Marsden
triple shift: emotional, child and paid
girls are emotionally trained during socialisation
Dunne
carried out study on lesbian households
equality in family is achievebale
Pahl 1993
‘pooling’ money into shared account. allowed little for shopping, allowance
research found that men tended to control money
Edgell 1980
POWER
found important decisions such as finance was made by the man
women free to make decisions about women
Dobash and Dobash 1980
argue that when women aren’t fulfilling their domestic roles, men are more likely to turn to violence in order to show their dominance over women. Dark side of the family. Links to crisis of masculinity.