Decision Making Mindmap
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- Created on: 13-10-20 20:22
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- Power over decision making and finances in the family: equal or not?
- Feminists
- Hardill - 1997
- Found that the important decisions are normally made by the man alone
- Studied 30 dual-career professional couples
- Man's career usually took priority
- Pahl and Vogler - 1993, 2007
- 2 money storing methods
- Pooling - both partners have access to income and are responsible for spending on household necessities
- Allowance - man gives woman an allowance for her to budget from to meet the family's needs
- Found that even where there was pooling, man still made major financial decisions
- 2 money storing methods
- Finch - 1983
- Women's lives tend to be structured around their husbands careers
- Barrett and McIntosh - 1991
- Financial support from husbands is often unpredictable and comes with 'strings attached'
- Men gain more from women's domestic work as they give back in financial support
- Men usually make the decisions about spending on important items
- Edgell - 1980
- Very important decisions - made by husband or jointly (still having the final say)
- e.g. finance
- Important decisions usually taken jointly or by wife alone
- e.g. education
- Less important decisions - made by wife only
- e.g. home decor
- Very important decisions - made by husband or jointly (still having the final say)
- Crompton and Lyonette - 2008
- Economic Explanation
- Men earn more so they have more say - evidence by Laurie and Gershuny
- Cultural Explanation
- They argue that in patriarchal society, men being decision makers is deeply engrained in society and is instilled through gender role socialisation
- Economic Explanation
- Laurie and Gershuny - 2000
- Argues the situation is improving (70% of couples have equal say)
- BUT only in couples where the woman is the higher earner
- Argues the situation is improving (70% of couples have equal say)
- Hardill - 1997
- Personal Life Perspective
- Weeks et.al - 2001
- Typical patter was pooling money for household spending, with separate accounts for personal spending
- reflects co-independence
- Typical patter was pooling money for household spending, with separate accounts for personal spending
- Carol Smart - 2007
- Some gay couples attached no importance to who controls money
- Could be because there's no traditional expectations in relationship
- Some gay couples attached no importance to who controls money
- Weeks et.al - 2001
- Feminists
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