AQA AS Sociology POWER AND CONTROL IN THE FAMILY

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MARRIED OR COHABITING PARTNERS

REFERS TO WIVES TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE BULK OF DOMESTIC TASKS AS WELL AS HOLDING DOWN FULL TIME JOBS

BASED ON EQUALITY

A TRADITIONAL SEXUAL DIVISION OF LABOUR IN WHICH WOMEN TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR HOUSEWORK AND MOTHERING AND MEN TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR BEING THE BREADWINNER AND HEAD OF THE HOUSEHOLD