Key terms

Question 1

Agenda Setting

Answer 1

Deciding which issues will be discussed and decided upon

Question 2

Asymmetrical Family

Answer 2

A term used by Willmott and Young to describe the 4th stage of the family where the man becomes more work orientated spending less time at home while the woman takes the main responsibility for the home and children

Question 3

Conjugal roles

Answer 3

The part played by a husband and wife within marriage particularly when reffering to the domestic division of labour

Question 4

Domestic divison of Labour

Answer 4

Refers to the way in which household and childcare tasks are divided between members of the family, particulary between the adult male and female partners

Question 5

Domestic Labour

Answer 5

unpaid work such as housework and childcare within the home and family

Question 6

Domestic violence

Answer 6

refers to the physical and/or emotional abuse of a spouse ie wife/husband or a child by an adult family member

Question 7

Dual Burdan

Answer 7

Having two things to do at once. The double burden of paid employment and domestic labour

Question 8

Emotional work

Answer 8

The caring, nurturing, supporting input a mother/ wife or father/husband puts into their family. Its an invisible aspect of the conjugal role relationship

Question 9

Expressive role

Answer 9

This is the caring, nurturing, supportive role. Many functionalists believe women carry out this role naturally because of biology whereas feminists believe women are socialised from a young age into this role

Question 10

Gender

Answer 10

The social and cultural attributes of men and women, known as masculinity and femininity

Question 11

Housework

Answer 11

Tasks undertaken, usually by women, to support the running of a household. It includes domestic tasks like cleaning, cooking, clothes washing, shopping and childcare

Question 12

Instrumental role

Answer 12

The role of the breadwinner in the family, the person who completes paid work, traditonally carried out by men

Question 13

Joint conjugal roles

Answer 13

Housework and childcare are shared, there is very little domestic divison of labour by sex

Question 14

New man

Answer 14

A term applied to men whotake on more expressive roles and share domestic tasks in the home

Question 15

Patriarchy

Answer 15

Men in positions of power and responsibility in all aspects of life

Question 16

Segregated conjugal roles

Answer 16

A clear division and separation between the roles of male and female partners in a marriage or in chabiting couple

Question 17

Symmetrical family

Answer 17

A term used by Willmott and Young to refer to the stage 3 family. It is small, more privatised and conjugal roles have become more equal even though they are not the same

Question 18

Triple shift

Answer 18

The three areas of responsibility which many women have 1)paid work 2)housework and childcare 3)emotional work