families and households - decision making

Question 1

decision making

Answer 1

one reason men take a greater share of decision making is due to them earning more
-supported by pahl and vogler - they identify two types of controls:
•the allowance income - when men men work and give their non working wives allowance from which they budget from to meet their families needs
•pooling - where partners work and have joint responsibility for spending - e.g joint bank account
there has been a big increase in pooling over the years, however vogler found that men still make the major decisions

Question 2

professional couples and decision making

Answer 2

edgells study of decision making among professional couples were both partners work full, still found inequalities
there are two types of inequalities:
•material - men have more power in decision making because they earn more
cultural - feminists argue the gender role socialisation in a patriarchal society instils the idea that men are the decision makers