Roles and Relationships

Question 1

Dobash and Dobash (radical fem)

Answer 1

Found police usually didn’t record violent crimes by husbands against their wives.

Found most women who left violent partners returned out of fear of being stigmatised.

Question 2

Melanie Phillips

Answer 2

Women can abuse too, male victims are ignored by society and police.

Question 3

Stanko

Answer 3

Researcher

Found a women with a killed by her current or former partner every 3 days in England + Wales

Question 4

Duncombe + Marsden

Answer 4

Found women often required to do housework, childcare, emotional work and paid employment.

Question 5

Oakley

Answer 5

Women took on a dual burden which meant they would take on paid jobs and also still keep the traditional responsibilities at home.

Question 6

Edgell

Answer 6

Testes Willmott and Youngs theory. None of their families had joint conjugal roles in relation to housework.

Question 7

Bott

Answer 7

Segregated roles
Husband/wives lead separate lives. Man goes to work women does housework.

Joint roles
Roles are more flexible and shared