Families And Households - - Consequences Of Inequality Flashcards
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Domestic abuse
Any incident or series of incidents of physical, psychological or sexual abuse by a current or previous partner.
The triple shift
Refers to feminist idea that women have to take on not only paid work outside the home but also the majority of the domestic labour and emotional support of the family.
Domestic violence reports stats
1 incident reported to the police every minute
How many women a week Ar killed by a current/ former male partner?
2 women a week
In 2015 how many men and women experienced non-sexual abuse since 16?
8.8% of men and 20.1% of women
How many domestic violence cases will be a woman and man?
Every 3 victims 2 will be women and 1 will be male.
How many women have been assaulted by a partner and how many are repeatedly so?
1 in 4 and 1 in 8 repeatedly.
What did Yearshire find?
That one average a woman suffers 35 assaults before making a report.
Impact on family life on career and job prospects:
Fear a woman might become pregnant can limit promotion prospects.
Women seen as unreliable workers as they’re more likely to take time off if a child’s unwell.
Women seen as less committed to their careers after they have children compared to men due to roles at home.
Impact of triple shift on women - green
Women tend to see their free/ lewis urge time as time when they’re away from paid work and family commitments.
Whereas men consider any time away from paid work as free time.
Impact of triple shift on women - Bernard
Found men were more satisfied with marriages than their wives who expressed feelings of emotional loneliness.
Impact of triple shift on women - Oakley
Found women felt similar feelings of boredom and depression as those felt by line workers in factories.
Issues with stats on DV - Cheal
Found the state agencies (like police) are reluctant to get involved in the family is private, good and individuals are free to leave if they wish.
Issues with stats on DV
Victims don’t report the abuse to police:
- fear of reprisal.
- Don’t think they will be believed.
- Believe they are to blame.
Some abuse is difficult to prove:
- emotional or psychological abuse.
Issues with stats on DV - Dar
Can be difficult to separate out incidents as it can be continuous or so often the victim can’t accurately recall.
Radical feminists on the cause of DV - Dobash and Dobash
DV is evidence of patriarchy and caused by challenges to male authroity.
In recent years this can be linked to a crisis of masculinity where men are unsure of their place in society and strike out.
Evaluation of radical feminists
- Elliot x not all men are violent.
- Men can be victims.
- Some groups of women are more likely than others to be victims.
New right perspective on causes of DV - Murray
Only occurs in dysfunctional families.
These include teen parents, cohabitation and divorce over a stable marriage.
Higher rates of DV in lower classes due to a low moral standard.
New right evaluation
- not limited to w/c.
- Too focused on violence compared to other forms of abuse.
Postmodernism in the cause of DV - Giddens
Caused by emotional intensity and family life.
The nature of family life makes DV quite common as family life is characterised by emotional intensity and personal intimacy.
Increasing isolation of nuclear family increases intensity and escalations to violence - lack of people to vent to.
Postmodernist evaluation
- Not all families are abusive.
- We choose our family structure so can have people to vent to who are not extended family.
Marxist feminist on causes of DV - Wilkinson and Pickett
DV is the result of stress on family members caused by social inequality.
Having less resources than others can lead to stress and violence out of frustration.
Lack of time and money can reduce social circle and people for support.
Marxist feminist causes of DV - Ansley
Women are takers of shir, men are frustrated by oppression they feel at work and take this out on wives.
Marxist feminist evaluation
- Doesn’t
T explain male victims. - DV isn’t limited to w/c.
- Not all men are violent to partners.
