Gender, power and the family...
- Created by: Ben
- Created on: 30-04-13 13:41
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- Conjugal roles, housework and childcare...
- Conjugal roles...
- Two types of conjugal roles:
- Segregated
- Husband breadwinner and wife housekeeper and child carer.
- Joint
- Men and women do equal paid work, housework and childcare.
- Segregated
- Research
- BSAS - shift away from traditional roles.
- LINK - Divison of Labour.
- BSAS - shift away from traditional roles.
- Two types of conjugal roles:
- Symmetrical family
- KEY STUDY = Willmott and Young (1973)
- Symmetrical family was becoming more common.
- Moved to wards equality within marriage.
- Ann Oakley (1974) - accused W+Y of malestreaming (patriarchal)
- Symmetrical family is where husband and wife have joint conjugal roles.
- KEY STUDY = Willmott and Young (1973)
- Chilcare
- Mary Boulton (1938) - Mothers take on more responsibility when looking after children.
- Time
- Gershuny (1999) - men strat to do much more housework but in 1997 women still did a massive 60% of domestic, even with both partners working.
- BTUS (2005) - women spent longer amount of time than men on housework and childcare, however men spent more time g paid work. Men had more leisure time.
- CONCLUSION
- Men do fewer household tasks
- Men take less responsibility for childcare.
- Men had more leisure time than women.
- Conjugal roles...
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