Resources and Decision Making
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- Created on: 01-05-17 15:32
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- Couples- resources and decision making
- Kempson found that women in low income families denied their own needs to make ends meet
- When money is low women go without
- women were more likely to suffer in poverty then men - even in adequate incomes
- Decision making and paid work
- One reason why men may take a greater share of resources and and demand a bigger say in decisions is because they earn more
- Supported by Pahl and Vogler- identity two types of control over family income
- Allowance system- men work and give wife housekeep
- Pooling- partners work and have joint responsibility for spending- e.g: joint bank account
- Supported by Pahl and Vogler- identity two types of control over family income
- One reason why men may take a greater share of resources and and demand a bigger say in decisions is because they earn more
- Professional couples and decision making
- Edgell's study of professional couples where both partners work full time also found inequalities
- Very important decision making was made by the husband alone or him having the final say
- Important decisions usually joint
- less important decisions by the female
- Explanations for this
- economic factor: men earn more and therefore make decisions
- patriarchal socialisation; gender role socialisation instils the idea that men are the decision makers
- Edgell's study of professional couples where both partners work full time also found inequalities
- Kempson found that women in low income families denied their own needs to make ends meet
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