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conjugal roles - Coggle Diagram
conjugal roles
key terms !!
conjugal roles - the roles play by a male & female partner in a marriage or cohabiting relationships
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the instrumental role in a marriage - earning money, working, being the breadwinner
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the expressive role in a marriage - meeting emotional needs, housewife, tidying, cleaning, cooking, childcare
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key studies
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Ann Oakley (1974)
oakley found that 70% of women were dissatisfied with housework - predominates monotony is a common experience (repetition)
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Oakley was critical of W&Y's method of research as they only used 1 question on their questionnaire to do with housework
Arlie Hochschild (1989)
came up with the idea of "the second shift" - a woman still working when she comes home from work (paid work and unpaid domestic work)
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Kan (2001)
conducted a survey with 2000 couples and concluded men pay lip service to equal rights in the home while letting women do 3/4 of household chores
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Gershuny (1994)
lagged adaptation - men's roles have changed more slowly than women's but they'll eventually catch up
Jan Pahl (2004)
examined households where women earn more than men & suggests that when this is the case, efforts will be made by the couple to understate it.
she also suggests a woman's greater economic power leads to greater political power in the household
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