Conjugal roles, power and emotion work...
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- Conjugal roles, power and emotion work...
- Power and decision making
- Hardill et al. (1997) - power in dual earner houeholds.
- Husband's carrer came first, family came second.
- Men did the decision making.
- Hardill et al. (1997) - power in dual earner houeholds.
- Power and money
- Power = control over how money is spent and used.
- Low income households equal relationship.
- Laurie and gershuny - equality was more likely to occur when woimen have higher earnings, but men still have more economic power.
- Conjugal roles and emotional work
- Emotional work involves the emotional happiness and wellbeing of others
- It includes complementing other people, etc.
- Duncombe and Marsden - women perform triple shift: housework, paidwork and emotional work.
- Lesbian households
- Gillian Dunne (1999) - Childcare is equal as well as household tasks
- Masculine and feminine roles in society tend to lead to hierarchical relationships with male dominance.
- Gender roles have greater and are much easier to achieve under these conditions.
- CONCLUSION
- Most womenare still far from achieving equality in marriage in Britain today.
- Women still do the majority of the housework, are still mainly responsible for childcare and has less leisure time than their partners.
- Evidence to show change over time in terms of hours spent on work and other differences are no longer as great.
- Power and decision making
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