overall family revision flashcards
Birth rate
number of live births per thousand
Childhood
socially defined age status, social construction
Instrumental role
breadwinner
Expressive role
emotional needs
Segregated conjugal roles
separate roles
Joint conjugal roles
share tasks
Symmetrical family
family as equal and democratic
March of progress
move towards symmetrical families
Provider ideology
belief that some men hold that they should be breadwinners
Triple shift
housework, paid work and childcare
Cultural explanation of inequality
patriarchal norms and values
Material explanation of inequality
women earning less than men
Division of labour
How tasks are shared
Allowance system
husbands give wives an allowance
Pooling system
joint income
Co-independence
sharing money but remain some control and independence
Dark side of the family
Domestic violence
Cult of childhood
move towards a society which is obsessed with childhood
Information hierarchy
childhood emerged as a separate status along with print literacy
Toxic childhood
technology has ruined childhood