gender roles Flashcards
(14 cards)
define segregated conjugal role
roles between husband and wife are very different.
husband = breadwinner
woman = housewife
define joint conjugal roles
men and women doing some paid work and involved in housework and childcare
studies related to who odes household chores
positive
willmot and young
modern marriage i characterised by joint conjugal roles- men and women increasingly sharing domestic tasks
sullivan
men participating more in traditional women’s tasks
studies related to who odes household chores
negative
oakly
studies 40 married women , most marriages showed low participation by husbands
measuring who controls finance
positive
the more hours a women employed outside of home the more domestic tasks shared
measuring who controls finance
negative
charles
women often put their husbands and children’s’ preferences first
measuring who does childcare
positive
burghes and becks
fathers are increasingly taking active role in emotional side of bringing up kids
measuring who does childcare
negative
boulton
men often helped but never took primary responsibility
measuring who makes decisions
positive
weeks
found couples pool money for households- they also had separate bank accounts
measuring who makes decisions
negative
hardhill
men usually make the decisions alone or jointly
measuring who does emotional work
positive
the ‘new man’
more men attend birth of 1st child, men go into careers like childcare
measuring who does emotional work
negative
duncombe
women required to do triple shift
measuring effect of work at home
positive
when man unemployed domestic labour = shared
measuring effect of work at home
negative
dunne
little change in domestic division of labour
cause of deeply ingrained gender script
