Power and Control Sociologists

Question 1

Dryden

Answer 1

Dryden’s study of 17 married couples found that women still had major responsibility for housework and childcare
Surveys suggest that men are more involved in domestic tasks than their grandparents or parents

Question 2

Time of Use Survey 2005 by Lader

Answer 2

women in paid work spent 21 hours a week on housework compared to 12 hours for men- 92% of women do housework each day compared to 77% of men – little sign of traditional sexual division of labour is changing

Question 3

Mckee and Bell

Answer 3

unemployed men found it degrading to do housework and to be ‘kept’ by their employed wives

Question 4

Green

Answer 4

wives usually interpret leisure time as time free from work and family commitments– husbands saw all time out of work as leisure time

Question 5

Duncombe and Marsden

Answer 5

Women felt partners lacked ‘emotional participation’ can’t express feeling easily to partner or children – increases burden on women due to them compensating this - neglect own psychological wellbeing effecting mental and physical health

Question 6

Bernard

Answer 6

men were more satisfied with marriage than their wives – expressed emotional loneliness – men not aware of their feelings

Question 7

Hardill et al

Answer 7

wives deferred to their husbands in major decisions (buying cars +homes) men demand interests of family around his career as he is major breadwinner

Question 8

Leighton

Answer 8

power to make decisions changes when males are unemployed – women takes over responsibility for bills and cutbacks in spending

Question 9

Erdos

Answer 9

fatherless children less likely to be successfully socialized into discipline –less likely to be good parents – lack authority figure so turn to peer groups and media – increase in social problems- delinquency, teenage pregnancy, sexual promiscuity and drug use

Question 10

Beck

Answer 10

in postmodern age fathers can no longer rely on jobs for identity and fulfilment -children gives this instead

Question 11

Warin et al

Answer 11

study of 95 families - fathers, mothers and teenage children – still believed that male should be breadwinner and mothers experts in parenting –children did also expect fathers to emotionally support them as well as look after their material comforts

Question 12

Rex

Answer 12

30% of fathers and 6% of mothers worked more than 48 hours a week on a regular basis – preventing them from spending more time with children to bond efficiently

Question 13

Grey

Answer 13

both parents see spending time with children as important aspect of family relationships – fathers saw spending time with children as quality time as they were doing it by choice not obligation

Question 14

Scalter

Answer 14

behaviour such as kicking and punching easily defined but behaviours such as threats, verbal abuse, psychological manipulation and sexual intimidation - less easy to categorise and may not be recognised as domestic violence

Question 15

Mireless-Black

Answer 15

women more likely to suffer domestic violence - 70%of reports are men against their partners- reluctant to report it for these reasons:

1. Love their partners and think they can change them
2. Blame themselves in some way for the violence
3. Feel they may not be taken seriously
4. Afraid of the repercussions

Question 16

Hakim

Answer 16

feminists underestimate women’s ability to make rational choices – not patriarchy or men that are responsible for women’s position and instead women chose to give more commitment to family and so have less commitment to work than men