Couples Fam Flashcards
More Equal
Labour Division and Power Division
Labour Division
Bott, Young and Willmott, Material Explanations, and Cultural Explanations
Bott
two types of conjugal roles in marriage; segregated and joint
AO3: segregated less seen
Young and Willmott
symmetrical family means they have similar roles
AO3: white m/c families
Material Explanations (L)
Arber and Ginn and Kan
Arber and Ginn
buying labour saving devices
AO3: women are the only ones using them
Kan
every £10,000 a women earns she does 2hrs less housework
AO3: doesn’t mean the man does it though
Cultural Explanations (L)
Gershuny and Kan
Gershuny
couples whose parents had more equal relationships are more likely to have one themselves
AO3: long time before all couples are like this
Kan
young men claim to do more domestic housework than their fathers
AO3: it is only a claim may not be true
Power Division
Money Management and Cultural Explanations
Money Management
Pahl and Vogler
Pahl and Vogler
pooling is more common than the allowance system
AO3: women earn less so put in less which could be used against them
Cultural Explanation (P)
Dunne
Dunne
lesbian couples are more equal as there is no gender script
AO3: different type so cannot be applied to heterosexuals
Less Equal
Labour Division and Power Division
Labour Division
Parson, Oakley, Emotional Labour, Responsibility for Childcare, and Domestic Labour
Parson
husband = instrumental role, wife = expressive role and this role allocation benefits all
AO3: feminists believe it only benefits men
Oakley
no evidence of a symmetrical family
AO3: Boulton = fewer than 20% of men have a major role in childcare
Emotional Labour
Hochschild and Duncombe and Marsden