Gender Roles Feminism

Question 1

Boutlon(criticises willmott and Young)

Answer 1

They exaggerate men’s contribution men will carry out some childcare tasks but the care of children is still the woman’s responsibility for example fewer than 20% of men room a major role in childcare
Therefore asking as childcare is woman’s responsibility regardless of whether man helps our family is not symmetrical

Question 2

Ferri and Smith

Answer 2

Women work outside the home in paid employment and still do most housework-dual burden-where women do both laid work and unpaid housework
Therefore the family is still patriarchal as men now benefit both from women’s earnings and domestic labour
Even when women do work men take the main responsibilities for childcare in fewer than 4% of families

Question 3

Duncombe and marsden

Answer 3

Women do triple shift paid employment,domestic labour and emotional work

Question 4

Hoschild

Answer 4

Argues women are also required to perform emotional work where they are responsible for managing the emotions of other family members such as resolving sinking arguments

Question 5

Gatrell

Answer 5

Fathers are more involved as adult relationships can break but bond with child is eternal and lasts a lifetime and want to do better than how their dad treated them
Men are now fully involved in upbringing from fun activities to feeding and school runs
However it sn be aches men choose to spend more time with kids to avoid housework

Question 6

Silver and schor

Answer 6

Proclaim death of the housewife role.burden of housework on women has been reduced for two reasons:
Housework has become commercialised
-women working so they can afford foods and services

Question 7

Arber and Ginn

Answer 7

Argue better paid middle class women are able to buy in commercially produced foods and services such as labour saving devices

Question 8

Gregson and lowe

Answer 8

Commercialisation of housework now middle class families can afford to hire help so wide can work outside home and not suffer dual burden

Question 9

Oakley

Answer 9

Family is not symmetrical interviewed 40 housewives found only 15% of husbands have high level of participation in housework only 25% in childcare
Moreover men help out with more enjoyable aspects of childcare such as playing and day trips
Therefore family is not symmetrical