Couples
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- Created on: 14-12-22 12:12
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- Couples
- Parsons functionalists theory
- Instrumental role for men
- Expressive role for women
- Clear division of labour based on biological differences between men and women
- Negatives include the theory being outdated and doesn't work for different family types apart from the nuclear family
- Positives include the theory still occurring today and that it is easy to understand
- Willmott and Young
- March of Progress view which says that things are gradually improving
- Feminists reject this view
- Oakley says that men do more tasks but only one a week like taking the kids to the park
- Feminists reject this view
- Symmetrical family have joint conjugal roles
- Rise in the symmetrical family due to change in position of women, geographical mobility, new technology like washing machines and better standards of living
- March of Progress view which says that things are gradually improving
- Division of labour
- Cultural explanation - due to the patriarchal norms and values
- Material explanation - due to the fact that women earn less money/spend more time in the home
- Sharing money
- Allowance system, pooling and house bank
- Domestic Violence
- Any incident or pattern of controlling, coercive or threatening behaviour, violence or abuse
- Between those aged 16 or over, who are or have been intimate partners or family members regardless of gender or sexuality
- Common triggers include alcohol, abusers fear and anger
- Battered wives or husbands may remain with their partners in fear they may react more violently
- They don't want their children growing up without the other parent
- Different types of abuse in the family include sexual abuse, neglect, physical abuse and emotional abuse
- Feminist explanation is that domestic violence is a way of men maintaining their power as part of the patriarchal system
- It ignores cases of men being abused and not all men are agressive
- Dobash and Dobash
- Material explanation is that domestic violence is a result of stress on family caused by social inequality so people in lower social classes are more likely to experience domestic violence
- Wilkinson
- Women can experience more stress but are typically the victim, explains violence against men and children by women
- Police are reluctant to record, investigate or prosecute cases
- Assumptions that family is private sphere, family is good so neglects the 'bad side' an individuals are free agents so have the rights to leave
- Any incident or pattern of controlling, coercive or threatening behaviour, violence or abuse
- Parsons functionalists theory
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