roles and realionships
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- roles and realionships
- parsons domestic division of labor
- critsicms of parsons domestic division of labor
- Michael Young and Peter Wilmott (1962) who argue that men are now taking a greater share of domestic tasks, and more wives are becoming wage earners.
- Ann Oakley, also reject Parsons' view that the division of labour is natural, and claim that it only benefits men.
- Michael Young and Peter Wilmott (1962) who argue that men are now taking a greater share of domestic tasks, and more wives are becoming wage earners.
- based on natural biological differences men take on the instrumental role of breadwinner and women the expressive role as homemaker
- critsicms of parsons domestic division of labor
- Changes in the Domestic Division of Labour
- Time-budget studies, where couples keep a diary of all the time spent on domestic and paid work, suggest that changes in the domestic sphere lag well behind the changing realities of women's employment.
- 'lagged adaption'
- Gershuny calls this time delay between women working full-time and men taking more responsibility for domestic work
- the symettrical family
- young and willmott march of progress view, found in their London study that the symmetrical family was more common in young couples, those who are geographically and socially isolated, and the more affluent
- what social change developed the symmetrical family
- -Changes in women's position, including married women going out to work.-Geographical mobility, with more couples living away from the communities they grew up in.-New technology and labour-saving devices.-Higher standards of living generally.
- parsons domestic division of labor
- joint conjugal roles
- the couple share tasks such as housework and childcare and spend their leisure time together.
- conjugal roles
- roles and realionships
- parsons domestic division of labor
- critsicms of parsons domestic division of labor
- Michael Young and Peter Wilmott (1962) who argue that men are now taking a greater share of domestic tasks, and more wives are becoming wage earners.
- Ann Oakley, also reject Parsons' view that the division of labour is natural, and claim that it only benefits men.
- Michael Young and Peter Wilmott (1962) who argue that men are now taking a greater share of domestic tasks, and more wives are becoming wage earners.
- based on natural biological differences men take on the instrumental role of breadwinner and women the expressive role as homemaker
- critsicms of parsons domestic division of labor
- Changes in the Domestic Division of Labour
- Time-budget studies, where couples keep a diary of all the time spent on domestic and paid work, suggest that changes in the domestic sphere lag well behind the changing realities of women's employment.
- 'lagged adaption'
- Gershuny calls this time delay between women working full-time and men taking more responsibility for domestic work
- the symettrical family
- young and willmott march of progress view, found in their London study that the symmetrical family was more common in young couples, those who are geographically and socially isolated, and the more affluent
- what social change developed the symmetrical family
- -Changes in women's position, including married women going out to work.-Geographical mobility, with more couples living away from the communities they grew up in.-New technology and labour-saving devices.-Higher standards of living generally.
- parsons domestic division of labor
- roles and realionships
- young and willmott bethnal green study
- studied working class extended families in bethnal green (1950) and found a pattern of male breadwinners who took little part in home life and spent their time with workmates, while women were responsible for childcare and housework
- conjugal roles
- What did Ann Oakley (1974) find in her own study of the symmetry in families?
- Only 15% of husbands had a high level of participation in housework, and only 25% had a high participation in childcare.
- what did boulton (1983) find supporting Oakley
- less than 20% of husbands had a major role in childcare. She claims that Young and Willmott exaggerate men's contribution by looking at the tasks involved in childcare rather than the responsibilities.
- what did boulton (1983) find supporting Oakley
- less than 20% of husbands had a major role in childcare. She claims that Young and Willmott exaggerate men's contribution by looking at the tasks involved in childcare rather than the responsibilities.
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