Couples

Question 1

Fran Ansley - domestic violence

Answer 1

DV is the product of capitalism, male workers take out their frustration of being exploited at work on their wives

Question 1

Dobash and Dobash - domestic abuse

Answer 1

The nuclear family institutes patriarchy and is the main source of women’s oppression. DV is inevitable because it serves to preserve the power men have

Question 2

Wilkinson - domestic abuse

Answer 2

DV is the result of stress on the family caused by social inequality

Question 3

March of progress view - couple equality

Answer 3

The new man means couples have an equal share of housework and childcare

Question 4

Dual burden - Feri and Smith

Answer 4

Women now do paid and domestic work

Question 5

Triple shift - Duncombe and Marsden

Answer 5

They carry dual burden of paid and domestic work, but also do emotional work

Question 6

Decision making - material explanation

Answer 6

Men have more power in decisions bc they earn more

Question 7

Decision making - cultural explanation

Answer 7

Gender role socialisation means that men are the primary decision makers

Question 8

Parsons - domestic division of labour

Answer 8

Women have an expressive role = homemaker
Men have an instrumental role = breadwinner

Question 9

Bott - domestic division of labour

Answer 9

Segregated conjugal roles = couple spends leisure time separately
Joint conjugal roles = couple share domestic tasks and leisure time