Roles & Relationships

Question 1

Domestic division of labour

Answer 1

The roles both genders play in relation to housework, childcare and paid labour.

Question 2

Bott’s theory on segregated conjugal roles and joint conjugal roles

Answer 2

In the 50s, the majority of couples segregated conjugal roles (gendered division of labour).

Couples practicing joint conjugal roles (couples sharing tasks evenly) were uncommon but on the rise since the previous decade.