Gender roles and power Flashcards
1
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Young and willmott (1971)
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Symmetrical family
2
Q
Commercialisation of housework
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increased mens contribution
3
Q
Individualisation thesis
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greater fluidity in tasks, no longer gendered
4
Q
Rising divorce rates
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2/3rds initiated by women
5
Q
Bott
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shift to integrated conjugal roles as more time is spent in the household.
6
Q
Oakley (1974)
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men’s contribution is limited e.g. ironing own trousers
7
Q
Kan et al (2011)
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men still do typically gendered, “routine tasks”
8
Q
Duncombe and Marsden (1995)
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women’s ‘triple shift’
9
Q
Dobash and Dobash
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domestic violence. ⅙ women at some point
10
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Edgell
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men make serious financial decisions, women trivial decisions
