Power in Family Relationships Flashcards
What are the 5 main types of control within the family?
1- domestic abuse
2-financial abuse
3-psychological abuse
4- decision control
what was EDGELL (1980) findings about DECISION CONTROL?
-asked couples questions with answers
1- very important decisions (finances)= HUSBAND
2-important decisions (quality of life) = JOINT, but women cannot do it alone.
3- less important decisions (everyday) = WIFE
why did the man deal with the very important decisions?
he has SUPERIOR EARNING POWER
because he was the ‘breadwinner’
what was it called when the decisions were made jointly?
SUBSTANTIAL ECONOMIC INVESTMENT
what did EDGELL’s findings tell us?
shows that the power in relationships is becoming more equal but is still male-dominated, which is dictated by who has the earning power.
what did GERSHUNY find in 1995 had changed about decision making?
70% of couples now had an equal say in decisions
what is the DARK SIDE OF FAMILY LIFE?
- domestic violence= 1/6 of all violent crime in society
- ANSLEY= ‘women are takers of shit.’ , implies that domestic violence is a heterosexual problem and that men are the problem
what were the reports of MIRRLEES-BLACK about men and women experiencing domestic violence?
- most reported= women victims
- 1/4 women, 1/6 men
- people experience abuse 35 times before ringing police for the 1st time
- one woman reports every 30 seconds
- 2 women die every week due to abuse
what is the DARK FIGURE?
= the amount of crime which goes unreported and unrecorded within society.
what did DOBASH and DOBASH find about common triggers?
-violent incidents are started by a woman challenging a man’s authority
abuse in same-sex couples?
- high rates of abuse
- less likely to report
abuse in lower classes?
- less money
- more stress, leads to violence
- CRISIS IN MASCULINITY, decline in jobs, loess manual labour, can only show masculinity in house in this case
what did RADICAL FEMINISTS say about abuse?
‘abuse is inevitable in any heterosexual relationship.’
what did WILKINSON find out about abuse?
-domestic violence is a result of stress due to social inequality.
examples= money, housing and job worry, which reduce the chance of maintaining stable and caring relationship.
