Couples - Domestic division of labour

Parsons: Instrumental + Expressive roles

• Husband = Instrumental - financially + success at work - breadwinner
• Wife = Expressive - primary socialisation of children + emotional needs - homemaker

Argues - division of labour = biological differences - women are for nuture/ men are for providing

Bott: Joint + segregated conjugal roles

• Segregated conjugal roles = couple have separate roles - men are breadwinner/ women are homemaker - leisure time is separate
• Joint conjugal roles = couple share tasks - leisure time is together

Young and Willmott: Symmetrical family

• Symmetrical family = roles of wife + husband - similar 
• Women also go to work + men also do housework - spend leisure time together
• March of progress view - family more equal + democratic

For - Domestic roles are more equal 

Willmott + Young:

• Women are going out to work + men are doing more domestic…