Socioligists Flashcards
Bott Couples
Joint conjugal roles
Seperated conjugal roles - breadwinner and housemaker
Young and wilmott. Couples
Symmetrical families
Parsons. Couples
Expressive role - carefiver
Instrumental role - financial
Duncombe and Marsden. Couples
Triple shift, women do paid work, house chores and emotional work
Boulton. Couples
Fewer than 20% of males have a major role in the house
Oakley. Couples
Disagrees with young and wilmott
Symetry is overrated, women still do lots more work
Hochschild. Couples
When women are in paid labour, they’re more likely to be involved in paid employment that involve emotional labour
Gillian dunne Couples
Lesbians have more symmetrical family
Edgell. Couples
Most important decisions are made by men
Less important made by both
Least important are made by women
Mirrlee black. Couples
1 I’m 4 women are assaulted by a partner
1 in 8 are assaulted constantly
Aries. Childhood
Only recently childhood is seen as valuable
Pilcher Childhood
Separateness is essential in childhood as it’s a different state from adulthood
Wagg critical of pilcher Childhood
Childhood isn’t separate everywhere, in bolivia children work in farms from young
Punch. Childhood
In non industrial or non western, childrenren take up work much earlier
Shorter. Childhood
High infant mortality rate meant people had more children
Bhatti Childhood
Family honour affects Asian girls in their decision making
Holt. Childhood
Children are oppressed by customs designed to work in their favour, schools, laws exg
Cunningham. Childhood
In 2007, the area children were allowed to play had shrunk by 1/9 of the size it was 25 years ago
Gittins Childhood
Fathers have automatic control of children
Form of oppression
Postman. Childhood
Disappearing childhood
Palmer Childhood
Toxic childhood, technological advancements, accecinility to junk food
Brannen. Childhood
In an Asian household, much more control over girls than boys
Girls do more housework
Howard. Childhood
Material deprivation affects experience of childhood
Functionalist perspective of Murdock
4 functions of family
Sexual
Education
Economic
Reproduction
Functionalist perspective of parsons
More nuclear families, allows to be geographically mobile
2 functions being
Primary socialisation and
Stability for adults - warm bath theory