husbands and wives
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- Created on: 30-03-15 18:12
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- Husbands and Wives
- 1. Housework
- Conjugal roles
- Wilmott and Young - m/c men contribute
- Housework = shared
- Wilmott and Young - m/c men contribute
- Feminists (Oakley) - segregated / W&Y overestimate contribution
- E.g. cook, clean, care
- Conjugal roles
- 2. Childcare
- Rise of the new man
- Burghes - greater contribution to childcare burden
- E.g. David beckham
- Burghes - greater contribution to childcare burden
- Feminists (Warin and Dex) - primary child carer
- E.g. time off work to care for child
- Rise of the new man
- 3. Decision making
- Pahl - decisions in the family are split
- Men still have control over the family
- Opportunity to join workforce / economically independent
- Leighton - main wage earner = main decision maker
- Pahl - decisions in the family are split
- 4. Power
- Domestic Violence
- Dobash and Dobash - DV problem in modern britain
- Inequality in power
- Dobash and Dobash - DV problem in modern britain
- Sex discrimination act - rights in the family
- E.g. equality - decisions / control
- Equal relationships
- E.g. equality - decisions / control
- Domestic Violence
- 1. Housework
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