Power and conrol in families shork mark questions

Question 1

2 marks

what is meant by an expressive role

Answer 1

Parsons suggested role for women to do housework and look after children

Question 2

2 marks

what is meant by the gendered division of domestic labour

Answer 2

jobs determined by sex

women doing domestic work and men working and being the breadwinner

Question 3

2 marks

what is meant by conjugal roles

Answer 3

Roles which are shared between married or cohabiting partners

Question 4

2 marks

what is meant by unequal domestic division of labour

Answer 4

Normally women doing all the domestic labour and men don’t contribute towards it

Question 5

2 marks

what is meant by dual burden

Answer 5

women having to manage domestic labour and paid work

Question 6

2 marks

what is meant by instrumental role

Answer 6

Parsons role idea where the men go out and work and are the breadwinner

Question 7

2 marks

what is meant by symmetrical

Answer 7

when the level of participation and involvement are the same

Question 8

2 marks

what is meant by segregated conjugal roles

Answer 8

when roles are separated within the family

Question 9

2 marks

what is meant by joint conjugal roles

Answer 9

when roles are shared within the family

Question 10

2 marks

what is meant by egalitarian

Answer 10

when something is equal and is based on equality

Question 11

2 marks

what is meant by emotional work

Answer 11

Ensuring everyone can relieve stresses of the modern day world
preparation of certain tasks

Question 12

4 marks

reasons why men may be able to exploit and oppress women within the family

Answer 12

they have higher control due to being the breadwinner
have control over major decisions
Abuse

Question 13

4 marks

reasons why mothers wishing to re-enter the labour market may face problems

Answer 13

they base their jobs around commitments - looking after children
Men are favoured by employers as they don’t need to take maternity leave

Question 14

4 marks

criticisms that have been made of the ideas of Willmott and Young on the symmetrical family

Answer 14

88% of women are solely responsible for washing and ironing compared to 1% of men
Not all men will volunteer to do housework as they believe it is unmasculine

Question 15

4 marks

reasons why feminist sociologists might take the view that husbands and wives are now equal

Answer 15

Equal Pay Act makes the women be able to be the breadwinner

They make equal contributions towards domestic labour

Question 16

4 marks

reasons why the traditional sexual division of labour could be argued to still exist in the modern family

Answer 16

housework threatens masculinity

Women are seen as the natural care givers to children

Question 17

4 marks

reasons why the housewife role is socially constructed

Answer 17

There was no housewife role before industrialisation

Gender-role socialisation teaches women to become good housewives

Question 18

4 marks

factors which may have produced greater equality between the roles of husbands and wives

Answer 18

Feminization of the economy
genderquake
unemployment in men lives means that the wife takes over the decision making

Question 19

4 marks
reasons why a quantitative examination of time spent over domestic tasks might not give an accurate picture of conjugal roles and the domestic division of labour

Answer 19

You can’t measure emotional tasks
can’t measure decision making
Men do DIY and gardening and count that as housework

Question 20

4 marks
ways in which the realities of family life for many people differ from the romanticised view often portrayed by the media

Answer 20

Dark side of the family not included
Roles aren’t always equal
Many people live in empty-shell marriages

Question 21

4 marks

reasons why the traditional family might be described as repressive

Answer 21

women are financially dependent on men
men make major decisions
women do more domestic labour than men

Question 22

4 marks

ways in which the mother-housewife role may limit women’s employment opportunities

Answer 22

They put children first
Tailor their job around them
Employers may see women as unreliable as they have too many commitments