1⃣ Couples 3) Resources And Decision Making

Question 0

Describe the decision making and paid work

Answer 0

> reason why men have control over families income and decision on how to spend it
-men earn more

> supported by pahl and voggler
-identifies two types of control over family income

-the allowance system:
~men work
~give non-working wife allowance
~which they budget to meet family needs

-pooling:
~both partners work
~have joint responsibility for spending
~e.g joint bank account
~has been increasing over the years

Question 1

Describe the effects of income in resources and decision making

Answer 1

> kempson

-man controls family income and make decisions on how to spend it
~results into unequal share of resources

-women in low income families
~denied own needs
~to make ends meet

-households with acceptable amount of income
~resources shared unequally
~leaving women in poverty

Question 2

Describe Professional couples and decision making

Answer 2

> edgell

-very important decision
~about finances or moving houses
~taken by husband alone, or they have the final say

-less important decision
~groceries
~taken by wife

Question 3

Give two main explanation in inequalities in decision making

Answer 3

> economic

• men have more power in decision making because they earn more
• women are economically more dependant, so they have less say

> patriarchal socialisation
-feminist argue
~gender role socialisation in patriarchal society
~promotes the idea that men are the decision maker