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conjugal roles within the family
Feminist view of housework
SOUTHERTON - The women is also responsible for organising the families 'quality time
DUNSCOMBE and MARSDEN - Women perform a triple shift, doing housework, paid work and emotion work
OAKLEY - Husbands help out but no trend
15% help with housework
25% help with childcare as a dads role is defined as showing interest
Criticism -GERSHUNNY - Women working full time is leading to a more equal division of labour
Gender Division of Labour
CROMPTON and LYONETTE
Identified two explanations of unequal division of
Cultural/ideological explanations -Determined by patriarchal norms and values that shape gender roles
Material Explanations - Women earn less so its economically rational for men to work and for women to do the housework
DUNNE -Studied 37 lesbian couples and found more symmetry due to no 'gender scripts/roles'
KAN - Younger men tend to do more housework showing gender roles are changing
Functionalist view
YOUNG and WILLMOTT - Found the family is becoming more equal
Symmetry was more common amongst younger couples, geographically mobile people and the more affluent people du to changes in positions of omen
Women in the workplace, men help with the housework and childcare and now couple share leisure time
Labour saving devices
Geographical mobility - people live away from where they grow up
Higher standards of living
PARSONS - Segregated roles, the husband performs the instrumental role and the wife plays the expressive role
REEVES - By 2043, terms like 'Stay at home dad' will be more common
Gender pay gap close by 2040
1 in 5 women earn more than their partner
Rise in women's pay
Growth of the welfare state
Key Concepts
Cosmetic division of labour - how domestic work within a household is divided between a husband and wife
Segregated roles - couples have separate roles
Conjugal Roles - roles of men and women in the home
Joint conjugal roles - couple's share tasks such as housework and childcare
Resources and decision making
EDGELL - Studied professional couples and how they make decisions
PAHL and VOGLER - Identified two main types of control over the family income - Allowance system and Pooling