Couples Flashcards
(18 cards)
Whos talks about conjugal roles
Bott
Joint conjugal roles - sharing leisure and free time with your partner, aswell as domestic labour (more eglitarian which means power is equally distributed rather than patriachal)
Seperated conjugal roles - division of labour and leisure - men see themselves as head of the family so relax wwith other men and give their wives some money for housekeeping
What post modernist talks about the march of progress and symetrical families
Young and Wilmott
What functionalist talks about neo-conventional families
Chester
What does Cheter see as the dominant family type still
Nuclear family - with slight changes
What is the march of progress about
The “new man” who helps with childcare and domestic labour
What are Young and Wilmott’s cause for more joint conjugal roles
Slum clearance programmes - families are relocated away from extended kin so are now more reliant on partners for emotional and domestic support
Greater education and job oppurtunities leading to more geographical and social mobility
Women could go out to work, increasing purchasing power of the family and making the more more attractive ( can now afford tv and labour saving devices like vacums)
Women have more power through contraception and economically, pressuring men to do more at home
Feminist response to Young and Wilmptt
Oakley found houses being more egliatrian was not true after interviewing 40 women in East London, finding out that only 15% of them said their husbands helped out at work
Chambers view on work at home
Domestic spheres of labour have been marginalized and rendered invisible by malestream socioligy
Because socioligy is dominated by men, it ignores unfair problems
Green on leisure time
Feminists see it as time away from paid work and housework while men just see it as time out of work
Edgell on decisions
Most important decisions made by men
Medium by men and women
Least important by women
Because of economic status
How may social policy be patriachal
Lack of social welfare means women are more reliant on men
Who believes lesbian couples have the most symetry
Gillian Dunne
What affects decision making other than economics
Culturally men have always have more power in the house
Who believes domestic violence is a cause of stress over social inequality
Wilkinson
Who says women are the takers of shit because men are angry over way they are treated in capitalist society at work
Fran Ansley
Who believes marriage is the primary source of oppression and that it reinforces men’s power through DV
Dobash and dobash
How many males have major roles according to Doulton
fewer than 20%
Who believes as girls go into labour market their hw decreases
Gershunny
