Sociology - couples Flashcards
Parsons on instrumental and expressive roles?
Critic?
women are expressive stay at home. Men are the breadwinner.
roles are based on biological differences.
Young and Wilmott state men taking more responsibility on domestic roles
Bott on roles in the household
distinguished between segregated and conjugal roles
Symmetrical families?
state we have moved away from conjugal roles to symmetrical families where men and women do paid work, equal labour and joint leisure time
CRTIC ONE - FEMENIST VIEW ON HOUSEWORK
CRTIC TWO; FEMENIST VIEW ON HOUSEWORK BOLTON
CRTIC THREE - WARDE AND HEATHRINGTON
Oakly states that views are eggatrated and that only 15% took part in housework and 25% in childcare.
Bolton states only 20% had a major roles in childcare
sex typing tasks
march of progress view (three points WITH sociologist name)
- women going out to work is leading to equal division
- men are involved more in housework and childcare
- gershney argue women working full time is leading to more equal division of labour at home
Bolton on responsibility for childcare (three points 3 sociolgist)
- Bolton points out that although fathers may help performing childcare tasks it’s usually the mother who has responsibility for wellbeing.
- Her view is supported by feri and smith: who found that fathers took responsibility for fewer than 4% of families.
- Dex and ward: found although fathers had high level of involvement with 3 years old for play only 1% took part when the child was sick.
Sutherton on quality time
- women had main responblity in coordinating it
- men and women do not have equal amount of leisure time
- women likely to multitask when having lesuire time
CRTIC ONE OF MARCH OF PROGRESS - FEMENIST
little sign of the new man who does equal share of housework and childcare while women now carry dual burden. Men did 8 hours whole women did 13.
What are the two reasons explain gender division in domestic labour
ideological explanation - norms and values, women do it because society expects them too
- martial explanation, men are breadwinners so makes sense for women do do housework and men earn more then women
Evidence for cultural explanation?
Evidence for material explanation
Gershuny: found couples whose parents had a more equal relationship are more likely to share housework equally themselves. This suggest that parental role models are important. He argues social values are gradually adapting to the fact that women work.
- Kan: found that for every 10,000 a year more a women earns she does 2 hours less housework
barret and marry on desscion making
phal and volgger?
Barrett and marry note that: main gain far more from women’s domestic work then they give back in financial support
The financial support husbands give come with strings attached
two types of control over income pooling, and allowance systems
Hardill on desscion making
Critic?
most important choices done by men mens work took importance over choices
found the difference in level of importance on who controls desscions
gesheny found 70% said equal share in 1995
are cohabitating couples likely to share money?
nayman?
less likely to pool their money perhaps a desire to maintain independent.
meaning of money is not automatic fixed or neutral different couples can define it in different ways
domestic violence;
why has sociologist challenged the view that dv is by sick individuals?
dobash and dobash?
- domestic violence is too widspread; 6/4 of crimes reported.
- dv does not occur randomly - men against women
violent incidents could be set off by what men see as a challange
official statistics?
daar view?
chear?
35 assults before report
because police see it as small issues
family issue and private spehere
