Couples Flashcards
(15 cards)
Instrumental role
•the husband
Provides for the family financially (breadwinner)
Young and willmotts criticism towards parsons roles?
He says that men are now taking on the expressive role in the family and women are becoming wage earners
Feminists also argue
Labour is a natural thing that would occur within couples anyway and that the relationship only benefits men
Who came up with the 2 conjugal roles?
Elizabeth bott
Segregated conjugal roles?
Where couples have separate roles (leisure time too)
Joint conjugal roles are?
Couples share tasks e.g housework and child care
What is the March of Progress View?
Couples are becoming more equal
Why do feminist reject the March of Progress View?
They do not think that there has been a change
They still believe that women still do all the housework
-they believe that this is all down to the family being based on patriarchy
What argument does the Optimistic View hold?
They argue that women going out to work is leading to a more equal division of labour at home
The Feminist View..
They do NOT believe that women going into paid work is leading to greater equality in the division of domestic labour as many women carry the ‘dual burden’
What is dual burden?
When a person is responsible for two jobs
What is triple shift?
Housework
Paid work
Emotion work
What are the 2 main types of control over the family?
1) the allowance system - pocket money
2) pooling - both partners have access to income e.g joint bank account
Barrett and mclntosh said…
Men gain more from women’s domestic work work than give them any financial support
Expressive role
•the wife
Socialisation of the children and meeting the families emotional needs
