Gender, power and the family Flashcards
What is a ‘segregated conjugal role’? (Parsons)
The roles of husband and wife are very different. Husbands tend to spend leisure time away from the family with male friends while women spend more time with female kin.
What is a ‘joint conjugal roles’? (Parsons)
Involves men and women doing some paid work and also both spouses being involved with housework and childcare.
Who came up with the separation of conjugal roles?
Talcott Parsons
Who argued that joint conjugal roles were becoming more common in the symmetrical family?
Young and Willmott (1973)
Who criticised Young and Willmott, and argued there wasn’t equality with the family/households?
Ann Oakley
What statistics represents the women’s role in laundry>
In 1994, women always or usually did the laundry in 81% of households; by 2006 this had fallen just 4% to 77%
Who argues that mothers still take the main responsibility for their children?
Mary Boulton (1983)
Patterns of household managements (Pahl)
- Husband-controlled pooling
- Wife-controlled pooling
- Husband control
- Wife control
Who believes that any measurements of inequality within households must take account of emotion work?
Duncombe and Marsden
Who believes that women must perform a triple shift in society?
Duncombe and Marsden
Who argued that the responsibility for childcare was fairly equally shared in lesbian households?
Gillian Dunne (1999)
What are the main types of violence and abuse in families?
- Violence and abuse perpetrated by one adult partner against another
- Violence and abuse perpetrated by adults against children
What is the definition of domestic violence?
Any violence between current or former partners in an intimate relationships wherever and whenever it occurs. The violence may include physical, sexual, emotional or financial abuse’
Statistic about the difference of men and women in domestic violence
Women were twice as likely as men to be victims of domestic
Who believes that men use violence or the threat of violence in order to control women?
Erin Pizzey (1974)
