3. couples(f&h) Flashcards

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what are traditional gender roles?

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-elizabeth bott (1971) identified two ways roles can be shared.
*joint conjugal roles- roles are shared and flexible, leisure time is shared and responsibility for decision making is shared and equal
*segregated conjugal roles- roles are segregated, with clear and distinct responsibilities in the family.
-rise of nuclear family led to joint conjugal roles.

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what is Talcott Parsons view of gender roles in the family?

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-wives & husbands complimented each other because their ‘natural’ gender differences were reflected in their different roles in in marriage
-womens role is expressive (provide care, love, affection)
-men have instrumental role (stressful challenge which can cause men to breakdown so womens functions is to relieve this burden

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what is the march of progress view?

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-since late 1950s, traditional view of gender roles has come under increasing criticism for 2 reasons:
*some sociologists argue that its factually incorrect, conjugal relationships are changing
*others argue the traditional description of the relationship is still factually accurate, but that it ought to be different

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what is wilmott & youngs theory of the symmetrical family?

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-march of progress view of family, a new man was arising
-family became more symmetrical, husband and wives had more joint conjugal roles
-symmetrical family was key idea believing family became more equal and democratic
-views apply to younger couples, more affluent & have become more privatised due to geographic mobility away from kinship networks

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what was Gershuny’s views on changing gender roles in the family?

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-trend towards equality in the family, he found that women working full time did less domestic work
-non-working wives did 83% of housework whilst working wives did 73% of housework
-longer the wife had been working, higher the chance the husband would contribute more in housework

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what were Ann Oakley’s views on gender roles in the family changing?

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-criticised wilmott & youngs march of progress view claiming their ideas were over exaggerated
-housewife role came from industrialisation of 19th century making the role dominant for years
-housewife role is socially constructed because women were excluded from workforce during most of industrial period

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what were Wardes views on changing gender roles in the family?

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-conducted studies in manchester and found that sex typing in domestic tasks still remains strong
-wives were 30x more likely to have been the last peron to do washing up
-husbands were 4x more likely to be the last person to wash car

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what were ferri and Smiths view on changing gender roles in the family?

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-focused on the dual burden and disregarding the new man
-women who did full time work also did housework
-on their studies of 1589 men and women aged 33 in families; 4% of fathers in families of research had main responsibility of childcare

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what were Duncombe and Marsdens views on changing gender roles in the family?

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-triple shift-emotional work was another job the wife had to do on top of paid work and housework, roles not becoming more equal

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why are gender roles changing?

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-economically active mothers
-decline in extended family networks
-weakening gender identities
-technology and living standards
-commercialisation of domestic labour

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what is domestic abuse?

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any incident or series of incidents of physical, psychological or sexual abuse by a current or previous partner

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what are some statistics of domestic abuse?

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  • 1 incident of DA is reported to the police every minute
  • 2 women a week are klled by a current or former partner
  • for every 3 victims of DV, 2 will be women and 1 will be male
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what are some issues with these DV statistics?

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-not everyone reports
-not being taken seriously
-being threatened

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what are some sociological explanations of DV?

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-rad fems= emphasises role of patriarchal ideas, cultural values and institutions in explaining DV
-Kate Millet (1970) and Shulamith Firestone (1970)=argue all societies are founded on patriarchy. see key division in society as between men and women. men are enemy
-Dobash and Dobash=see family + marriage as key institutions in patriarchal society + main source of womens oppression
-male domination of institutions helps explain reluctance of police and courts to effectively deal with DV cases

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what are some evaluations points for dv and inequality in the family?

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-Faith Robertson Elliot (1996)= rejects rad fem claims that all men benefit from violence against women
-rad fems fail to explain female violence including child abuse by women & violence against male partners
-rad fems use concept of patriarchy to explain why most dv victims are women, wrongly assume all women are at risk

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what are marxist feminist views on dv?

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-inequality causes dv
-Fran Ansley describes wives as ‘takers of shit’
*argues dv is product of capitalism: male workers exploited at work + take it out on women
-helps to explain why dv is mostly male violence
-doesnt explain why not all male workers commit acts of violence against their partners

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what are the 3 faces of power identified by Stephen Lukes?

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-decision making= examines how power is gained through winning argument
-agenda-setting=helps address capacity to create major & minor issues
-shaping desires= group/individual shaping wishes/desires of another group or individual without them realising theyre being manipulated

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what did Edgell (1980) find about decision making in households?

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-husband dominated the more important decisions, ‘less important’ decisions left to wife. these decision indicate power is more complicated than just winning the discussion

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what did Michelle Barrett and Mary Mclntosh (1991) say about decision making in the family?

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-men gain more from womens domestic work than they give back in financial support
-financial support that husbands give to their wives is often unpredictable and comes with ‘strings’ attached
-men make decisions about spending on important items

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what did Elaine Kempson find about decision making in the family?

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-among low income families, women denied their own needs, seldom going out and eating smaller portions of food or skipping meals altogether in order to make ends meet

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what did Jon Pahl and Carolyn Vogler find about money management?

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-identify 2 types of control over family income
*allowance system=men give their wives an allowance out of which they have to budget to meet familys needs
*pooling=both partners have access to income and joint responsibility for expenditure

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what did Irene Hardills study do?

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-study of 30 dual career professional couples found
-important decisions usually taken either by the man alone or jointly
-his career normally took priority when deciding whether to move house for a new job

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what is the personal life perspective on money?

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-focuses on the meanings couples give to who controls the money
-the meanings that money may have in relationships cannot be taken for granted
-evidence that same-sex couples often give a different meaning to the control of money in relationships

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what did carol smart say about the plp of money?

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some gay men and lesbians attached no importance to who controlled the money and were perfectly happy to leave this to their partner

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what did feminists say about decision making in the family?

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the system of decision making in the family is down to patriarchal society and gender roles socialisation that gives power to men