Couples

Question 1

Bott

Answer 1

segregated vs joint conjugal roles

Question 2

Young and Willmott

Answer 2

the symmetrical family - forms itself amongst younger couples due to changes in women’s position, geographical mobility, new tech, and higher living standards

Question 3

Oakley

Answer 3

men are helping with 15% more housework and 25% more childcare, we are far from equality

Question 4

Warde and Hetherington

Answer 4

domestic tasks are sex-typed

Question 5

Parsons

Answer 5

instrumental vs. expressive role - rooted in biological differences

Question 6

AO3 of Parsons

Answer 6

feminism - domestic division of labour is not natural, rather a social construct to benefit men

Question 7

(MoP) impact of paid work

Answer 7

more women going to work = more equal domestic division of labour

Question 7

(MoP) Gershunny

Answer 7

women working full-time do less housework than any other women

Question 8

(MoP) Southerton

Answer 8

organising family quality time is the mother’s responsibility, which mothers have to juggle with paid work, domestic work, and being interrupted by children

Question 9

Duncombe and Marsden

Answer 9

triple shift

Question 10

(Fem.) Impact of paid work

Answer 10

dual burden

Question 11

Allan

Answer 11

sex-typed roles of women are not intrinsically fascinating, men do less quantitatively but more qualitatively

Question 12

how much more housework do women do than men

Answer 12

2x as much

Question 13

(Fem.) Boulton

Answer 13

dads may help with childcare tasks but its the mum who takes responsibility for security/wellbeing

Question 14

Crompton and Lyonette - division of labour

Answer 14

1. cultural and ideological explanations - women are socialised into doing domestic labour by the patriarchy
2. material and economic explanation - women earn less than men so its rational for them to do the housework so men can go out and make money

Question 15

Dunne

Answer 15

lesbian couples have symmetrical relationships because theres no heterosexual norms

Question 16

Pahl and Vogler

Answer 16

money management = allowance system vs pooling (pooling is now more common)

Question 17

Kempson

Answer 17

in low-income families, women will deny luxuries and proper food portions so that they can make ends meet

Question 18

Barrett and McIntosh

Answer 18

men gain more from women’s domestic labour than they give back financially

Question 19

Pahl

Answer 19

pooling <> equality

one partner may control the pooled money

Question 20

(PLP) Money: Smart vs Weeks et al

Answer 20

Smart = gay relationships attach no meaning to money in terms of who controls it

Weeks et al = co-independence: pooling for household costs, whilst having separate accounts for personal spending

Question 21

Edgell

Answer 21

very important decisions = men

middle decisions = both

eh idc decisions = women

Question 22

Dobash and Dobash

Answer 22

• domestic violence happens when a woman questions her husbands authority
• marriage legitimises violence against women
• 25% of women are abused

Question 23

Views on domestic violence

Answer 23

• too widespread
• doesn’t happen randomly
• women are more likely to have experiences intimate violence (sexual assault, stalking, partner abuse, family abuse)
• 2 women a week are killed by their partner or ex partner

Question 24

Radical feminist explanation of DV

Answer 24

- DV is because of the patriarchy - women are oppressed through DV - state institutions are dominated by men so they are unlikely to deal with cases effectively

Question 25

Elliot

Answer 25

Not all men commit DV

Question 26

materialist explanation of DV

Answer 26

- focuses on the experiences of different classes - DV comes from stress related to social inequality - high stress levels lower the risk of stable relationships and raise the risk of conflict/violence