Resources And Dicision Making

Question 1

Men and women finance

Answer 1

Baratt and mcintosh
- men gain far more from women’s domestic chores then they give back in financial support
- the financial support men give to women has strings attached
- men make decisions about spending on important items
Kempson found low income families mothers wouldn’t eat to make ends meet

Question 2

Money management

Answer 2

The allowance system
Men give their wives allowance in which the meet the family’s needs with the man keeping any extras
Pooling where both partners have access to income and joint responsibility on expenditure

Question 3

Pooling criticisms

Answer 3

Only for those where both partners are working
- pooled income controlled by men. Paul and bogged where there was pooling men usually made more important decisions
- edge lols very important important and less important decisions.
Edgell argues ladies only have a higher input in decisions if they earn

Question 4

Cultural vs material explanations of decision making

Answer 4

Feminists argue inequalities in decision making are not simply the result of inequalities in earning. Gender role socialisation.

Question 5

Personal life perspective on money

Answer 5

• Focuses on the meaning couples give to who controls the money
• carol smart found gays and lesbians attach no meaning to who controls the finance and they don’t care
• weeks et al co independent pooling shared and separate account mostly in cohabiting couples similar to volger et am
• smart found greater freedom for same sex couples to do what suits them as a couple