Power and control: Against March of Progress

Question 1

theories/ concepts AGAINST march of progress

Answer 1

1. triple shift
2. Oakley
3. Dunne
4. Craig
5. Ben- Galim + Thomson
6. Mumshet,
7. BBC (2014)
8. Edgell
**9. Pahl **
10. Duncombe + Marsden De Vault
11. Vincent and Ball

Question 2

points made by triple shift

Answer 2

women do paid work, domestic work, emotion work

Question 3

points made by Oakley

Answer 3

15% of men in a study had high participation in housework. 25% high participation in childcare

Question 4

points made by Dunne

Answer 4

lesbian relationships more equal, share housework, equal importance to both partners careers

Question 5

points made by Craig 2007

Answer 5

women do between 1/3rd to 1/2 more housework than men
Partnership Penalty: domestic inequality, couples marry= wife’s unpaid domestic labour increase whilst men lower than when single
Mother Penality: have baby results in mother financially worse off compared to men and childless women

Question 6

points made by Ben-Galim & Thomson 2013

Answer 6

1/10 married men did same amount of cleaning + washing as the wife

Question 7

points made by Mumsnet 2014

Answer 7

working mothers did double housework of men despite a full day of work. women mainly responsible for organising big events

Question 8

points made by BBC 2014

Answer 8

‘chore wars’
2/3 18-34 regularly argued with partners over housework

Question 9

points made by Edgell

Answer 9

men- ‘less frequent more important’ decisions
women- ‘more frequent less important’ decisions

Question 10

points made by Pahl

Answer 10

when money ‘pooled’ together in joint account= men more likely have more control over this + more likely make major financial decisions

Question 11

criticise Pahl

Answer 11

postmodernists- money separate now

Question 12

points made by Duncombe and Marsden De Vault

Answer 12

women have the responsibility of ‘emotion work’
‘Deep Acting’- doubts about emotional closesless about partners are suppressed bc feel in love
overtime-> ‘Shallow Acting’- maintaining picture for partner and outside world pretending relationship is satisfactory
women take burden of holding relationships together and managing relationships with other members of household

Question 13

Vicent and Ball

Answer 13

‘background fathers’ - men helping out with children more about their relationship with their partner than responsibilities as fathers influenced by PROVIDER IDEOLOGY