Roles And Relationships Changing

Question 1

DOMESTIC DIVISION OF LABOUR
FUNCTIONALIST
How does parsons believe women and men are equal but different

Answer 1

Instrumental and expressive roles

Question 2

DOMESTIC DIVISION OF LABOUR
CRITICISM OF PARSONS - young and Wilmott

Answer 2

Symmetrical nuclear families - equal

Question 3

DOMESTIC DIVISION OF LABOUR
Who came up with the symmetrical family

Answer 3

Young and Wilmott

Question 4

DOMESTIC DIVISION OF LABOUR
CRITICISM OF PARSONS - feminists

Answer 4

disagree that it’s just biological

Question 5

JOINT SEGREGATED / CONJUGAL ROLES - BOTT
definition?

Answer 5

Joint - equal
Segregated - separated and allocated

Question 6

JOINT SEGREGATED / CONJUGAL ROLES

Answer 6

Bott

Question 7

MARCH OF PROGRESS
SYMMETRICAL FAMILY
Why is this happening?

Answer 7

•women’s opportunities
•new tech
•globalisation

Question 8

MARCH OF PROGRESS
CRITICISM
Ann Oakley reason and stats

Answer 8

Men rarely help
Husbands 15% housework, 25% childcare

Hard to research

Question 9

MARCH OF PROGRESS
CRITICISM
Feminism - radical

Answer 9

Still reflex trad roles and patriarchy in marriage

Question 10

MARCH OF PROGRESS
CRITICISM
Feminism - Marxist

Answer 10

Unpaid work

Question 11

MARCH OF PROGRESS
CRITICISM
Feminism

Answer 11

•dark side of family - SA DV
•control finances and big descisions
50%

Question 12

MARCH OF PROGRESS
CRITICISM
Marxist
2

Answer 12

Forfilling personal relationships not possible - materialism

Unpaid labour and parsons warm bath theory

Question 13

MARCH OF PROGRESS
Postmodernism

Answer 13

•Diverse modern day families

•Beck and beck Gernsheim - individualisation thesis / risk society
-zombie family - does not provide security people crave. Alive but dead

Question 14

March of progress
Beck and beck Gernsheim

Answer 14

•individualisation thesis - more selfish
•risk society - less likely to take risks. Tradition less impactful
•zombie family - family doesn’t provide security due to confluent love