Domestic Division of Labour - Thinkers 0.0 / 5 ? SociologyFamilies and householdsASAQA Created by: ash8642Created on: 18-05-19 20:07 Elizabeth Bott Feminist Segregated conjugal roles - separate roles: male breadwinner + female carer; leisure activities tend to be separate too Joint conjugal roles - couples share tasks such as housework and childcare; spend leisure time together These roles are socially reinforced 1 of 12 Wilmott and Young Functionalists Studied working-class extended families Bethnal Green, 1950s and 1970s 1950s Gender roles found to be very distinct Women spent working and leisure time with female kin 1970s Symmetrical family Roles now much more similar between sexes Spend leisure time together too March of Progress view Family life is gradually improving for all members 2 of 12 Oakley Feminist Rejects 'March of Progress' Men and women remain unequal within the family Symmetry cannot be proved Men seen as 'helping' women Responsibility of housework is still the woman's Housework still primary role of women Despite going to work Statistics 15% of husbands had high levels of participation in housework 25% had high levels in childcare Only more pleasurable tasks 3 of 12 Gershuny Women working = more equality at home Wives who work full-time do less housework Those whos parents had more equal relationships were more likely to share housework themselves Socialisation The longer the woman is in paid work, the more likely it is that the man will do housework 4 of 12 Silver and Schor Burden of housework has decreased for women Housework has become 'commercialised' Money can be spent on goods that help with housework 5 of 12 Ferri and Smith Women working = less equality at home Dual burden Woman is responsible for paid work and unpaid housework Father only takes responsibility for childcare in 4% of families 6 of 12 Marsden Women experience a Triple Shift Unpaid housework, paid work, and emotional work 7 of 12 Arlie Hochschild Emotional labour - form of emotion regulation that involves performing certain emotional behaviours in the workplace Emotion work - these same acts but carried out in a private context 8 of 12 Edgell Studied professional couples Very important decisions were joint, but men have the final say E.g. moving house Important decisions are joint, but not often the woman alone E.g. where to send the children to school Less important decisions are made by the woman alone E.g. decor 9 of 12 Barrett and McIntosh Men gain far more from woman's domestic work than they give back in financial support Financial support often unpredictable and has 'strings attached' Men usually make decisions about spending on important items 10 of 12 Elaine Kempson Resources are not shared equally between partners Woman deny their own needs in low-income families Seldom go out and enjoy themselves Little/no food for their meals as given to the child Women has no entitlement to the share of household resources Feels that any money spent on herself should actually be spent on the children Unequal share may leave women in poverty 11 of 12 Pahl and Vogler Money management Allowance system - men give women money out of which they must budget to meet family's needs; man retains surplus income Pooling - both partners have access to income and have joint responsibility for expenditure 12 of 12
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