Roles: Decision making in households

Question 1

the allowance system

pooling

Answer 1

• the allowance system - men give women budgets (patriarchal feminist perspective)
• pooling - both partners have access to income and joint responsibility for expenditure e.g joint bank account

Question 2

decision hierarchy

Answer 2

very important e.g finances or moving house = mans decision

important e.g children’s education or holiday = join decision

unimportant e.g home decor = woman’s decision