couples

Question 1

Talcott parsons

Answer 1

instrumental roles

expressive roles

Question 2

instrumental roles

Answer 2

Husbands focus on success at work to provide for his family

He is the bread winner

Question 3

Expressive role

Answer 3

Wives focus on primary socialisation of the children and emotional needs
No work

Question 4

Elizabeth bott

Answer 4

Segregated conjugal roles

Joint conjugal roles

Question 5

Segregated conjugal role

Answer 5

couples have separate roles at home
male breadwinner, women home maker
separate leisure

Question 6

Joint conjugal roles

Answer 6

shared domestic tasks

shared leisure

Question 7

Willmott and young

Answer 7

(march of progress view)
family life is gradually improving for all its members
symmetrical family

Question 8

Symmetrical family

Answer 8

Husbands and wives roles are much more similar

Question 9

4 Reasons for the rise in the symmetrical family

Answer 9

1. changes in women’s position in society
2. geographical mobility
3. new technology/ labour saving devices
4. higher standards of living

Question 10

Reasons for the rise in the symmetrical family

1. changes in the women’s position in society

Answer 10

women now have the right to work

women’s life chances improve so they can now get the top positions at work

Question 11

Reasons for the rise in the symmetrical family

2. geographical mobility

Answer 11

moved away from patriarchal societies

Question 12

Reasons for the rise in the symmetrical family

3. new technology/ labour saving devices

Answer 12

less jobs due to new machines

washing machines, etc, means less time spent on domestic tasks

Question 13

Reasons for the rise in the symmetrical family

4. higher standards of living

Answer 13

men need to help with domestic tasks in order to maintain their higher standard of living

Question 14

the feminist view on couples

Oakley and research

Answer 14

rejects march of progress view
men and women remain unequal within the family and women do most of the housework
men are seen as helping women not sharing the housework
women work and housewife role

Question 15

research on men within couples

Answer 15

15% in housework
25% in childcare
men take the more pleasurable household tasks

Question 16

triple shift

Answer 16

domestic work
emotional work
paid work

Question 17

Gender division-

cultural explanation

Answer 17

patrichal norms and values influence the gender roles

Question 18

cultural explanation of gender division

Gershey

Answer 18

couples that had parents who showed equal division were also more equal in their own relationship

Question 19

Gender division-

material explanation

Answer 19

women earn less than men earn in society and therefore the wife should equal the work by increasing their housework

Question 20

material explanatio on gender division-

Ramos

Answer 20

when the wife works, men do not

husband does more housework for the wife

Question 21

Barret and McIntosh

Answer 21

men gain more from women’s house work than what they give in financial stability

e.g the money they give their partners usually has strings attached

• limit the amount she spends
• control over where/ what on she spends
• should be seen as a privilege
• money given on his terms

Question 22

Pahl and vogler

Answer 22

money management
two types of control over family income :
- the allowance system
- pooling

Question 23

the allowance system

Answer 23

men give their partners a budget to spend on items for the families needs

Question 24

pooling

Answer 24

partners have a joint account that they have equal access to

“neb usually make the big financial decisions- pahl and vogler

Question 25

Edgell- money management

Answer 25

very important decisions- finance, changes of jobs or mortgages on a house usually taken up by the husband important decisions- decisions based around the children(education, clothes, food) usually taken up by the wife less important decisions- home decor and food is usually taken up by the wife

Question 26

patriarchal society - money

Answer 26

means men are in charge of financial decisions due to gender roles and expectations within our society

Question 27

smart 2007

Answer 27

homosexual couples do not see importance in the role of financial responsibilities

Question 28

Domestic abuse

Answer 28

any incident or pattern of incident of controlling, coercive or threatening behaviour, violence or abuse between those aged 16 or over who are or have been intimate partners or family members regardless of gender or sexuality.

Question 29

cycle of abuse

Answer 29

- tensions building - incident - reconect - calm

Question 30

Dobash- domestic abuse

Answer 30

domestic abuse occurs due to a women's challenge to male authority suggesting misogyny

Question 31

Dobash- domestic abuse

Answer 31

domestic abuse occurs due to a women's challenge to male authority suggesting misogyny

Question 32

2014 women's aid federation domestic violence statistic

Answer 32

domestic violence accounts for up to 1/4 of all recorded crimes

Question 33

Osborne 2010 statistic for domestic violence

Answer 33

2 women/ week are killed by a partner or former partner

Question 34

Coleman 2007 fact for domestic violence

Answer 34

women more likely then men to suffer domestic abuse

Question 35

ONS domestic abuse statistics

Answer 35

- march 2018, 2million adults 16-59 experienced domestic abuse (1.3m women, 695,000 men) - march 2018 ,police recorded 599,549 crimes, increase of 23% from previous year - 225,714 arrests = 38arrests/ 100 crimes - 76% of prosecutions resulted in conviction

Question 36

radical feminism explanation for domestic abuse

Answer 36

the emphasis on the role of patriarchal ideas, cultural values and institutions the key division in society is that between men and women. men are the enemy, oppressors and exploiters of women. domestic violence is an inevitable feature of the patriarchal society.

Question 37

materialistic explanation for domestic violence

Answer 37

focuses on economic and material factors such as inequalities in income. they see it as the result of stress on family members

Question 38

Ansley, Marxist feminist, on domestic violence

Answer 38

women are the takers of shit and that domestic abuse is a product of capitalism and stress from working men