Power and Control Sociologists Flashcards
Dryden
Dryden’s study of 17 married couples found that women still had major responsibility for housework and childcare
Surveys suggest that men are more involved in domestic tasks than their grandparents or parents
Time of Use Survey 2005 by Lader
women in paid work spent 21 hours a week on housework compared to 12 hours for men- 92% of women do housework each day compared to 77% of men – little sign of traditional sexual division of labour is changing
Mckee and Bell
unemployed men found it degrading to do housework and to be ‘kept’ by their employed wives
Green
wives usually interpret leisure time as time free from work and family commitments– husbands saw all time out of work as leisure time
Duncombe and Marsden
Women felt partners lacked ‘emotional participation’ can’t express feeling easily to partner or children – increases burden on women due to them compensating this - neglect own psychological wellbeing effecting mental and physical health
Bernard
men were more satisfied with marriage than their wives – expressed emotional loneliness – men not aware of their feelings
Hardill et al
wives deferred to their husbands in major decisions (buying cars +homes) men demand interests of family around his career as he is major breadwinner
Leighton
power to make decisions changes when males are unemployed – women takes over responsibility for bills and cutbacks in spending
Erdos
fatherless children less likely to be successfully socialized into discipline –less likely to be good parents – lack authority figure so turn to peer groups and media – increase in social problems- delinquency, teenage pregnancy, sexual promiscuity and drug use
Beck
in postmodern age fathers can no longer rely on jobs for identity and fulfilment -children gives this instead
Warin et al
study of 95 families - fathers, mothers and teenage children – still believed that male should be breadwinner and mothers experts in parenting –children did also expect fathers to emotionally support them as well as look after their material comforts
Rex
30% of fathers and 6% of mothers worked more than 48 hours a week on a regular basis – preventing them from spending more time with children to bond efficiently
Grey
both parents see spending time with children as important aspect of family relationships – fathers saw spending time with children as quality time as they were doing it by choice not obligation
Scalter
behaviour such as kicking and punching easily defined but behaviours such as threats, verbal abuse, psychological manipulation and sexual intimidation - less easy to categorise and may not be recognised as domestic violence
Mireless-Black
women more likely to suffer domestic violence - 70%of reports are men against their partners- reluctant to report it for these reasons:
- Love their partners and think they can change them
- Blame themselves in some way for the violence
- Feel they may not be taken seriously
- Afraid of the repercussions