Sociologists Flashcards
Aries says…
Childhood didn’t exist, he looks at paintings and sees they are all very similar, once a child is socialised they are simply small adults.
Pollack says what…
COUNTER-ARGUMENT FOR ARIES
More correct to say middle ages simply had a different notion of childhood.
What does Postman say?
Childhood is disappearing because of the same rights, same crimes and a lack of unsupervised game time.
What does Jenks say?
Childhood is changing not disappearing.
Modern society concerned with future and childhood is seen to prepare them to become a productive adult
Who says there are two roles of the family?
Parsons (1955)
- primary socialisation
- stabilisation of adult personalities
What are MURDOCHS 4 functions of the family?
- economic
- reproductive
- stable satisfaction of sex drive
- socialisation
What does Poulantzas say?
Sees family as a superstructure of society & family plays an ideological apparatus which the bourgeoise use to create norms
What does Parsons (1955) say about domestic division of labour?
Expressive and instrumental roles
Expressive - woman, express herself by making home nice
Instrumental - men, bread winner
What does Bott say?
Bott talks about joint and segregated conjugal roles.
Joint - share house work
Segregated - woman does domestic, men does paid work
Who says there are 4 things that lead to a symmetrical family?
Young and Willmott (1973)
What 4 things lead to a symmetrical family according to Young and Wilmott?
- geographical mobility
- equal rights for women in society
- new technology
- better standards of living
Who rejects the march of progress in the division of labour?
Oakley
Silly feminist
What does Oakley say?
Men ‘help’ around the house but the main responsibility still remains with the woman.
Who is the main theorist for the Personal Life Perspective?
Carol Smart
What theory says women are domestic and are there to destress men?
Warm Bath Theory
Who says ‘wives who work full time do less house work’?
Gershuny
Who talks about women having the ‘dual burden’ of paid and domestic work?
Ferri & Smith
Who talks about a ‘triple shift’ doing paid work, domestic work and childcare?
Mardsen
What do Silver & Shor say?
Burden of housework for women has reduced due to commercialisation.
Who says ‘couples whos parents had a more equal relationship are more likely to share the load’?
Gershuny
What did Kan find?
For every £10,000 women earned they did 2 hours less of housework a week.
Who studied professional couples and found that
Very important decisions - men or joint but men have final say
Important decisions - joint or just female
Less important decisions - female
Stephen Edgell
Who found that ‘gay/lesbian couples attached no meaning to who controls money’?
Carol Smart (2007)
What do Pahl and Vogler say?
Allowance system - women given budget
Pooling system - both partners have access to income & take joint responsibility for spending
