Roles and relationships in the family

Question 1

Dunscombe and Marsden argue roles are no more equal:

Answer 1

Argue that with married women increasingly taking on paid employment they end up doing what they call the “triple shift”

Question 2

Silver and Schor (1993) argued roles are more equal:

Answer 2

Roles have become more symmetrical because of two principle factors: housework has become more “commercialised” and women are also working in paid employment.

Question 3

Thompson survey showed Roles are more:

Answer 3

Found that only 39% of the men surveyed felt that the breadwinner role was the most important aspect of fatherhood

Question 4

Dec and Ward found roles are no more equal:

Answer 4

Their study in 2007 showed that only 1% of fathers would take responsibility for a sick child

Question 5

Young and Willmott argue Roles have become more equal regarding money and decision making:

Answer 5

Family had become more symmetrical in sharing roles. They argue there has been a separation from wider kin who might enforce stricter gender roles

Question 6

Pahl argues that roles are no more equal regarding money and decision making:

Answer 6

Stated men were dominant in financial decision making and this was related to their earning power