Conjugal Roles

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What did Parsons say about roles in the family?
The husband has the instrumental role, the wife has the expressive role?
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Which sociologists criticized Parsons?
Young & Wilmott, and feminists
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What did Elizabeth Bott say about conjugal roles?
Distinguished between 2 types - segregated and joint.
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Where and when did Young & Willmott identify a pattern of segregated conjugal roles?
Bethnal Green, East London in the 1950s
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What is the 'march of progress' view of the family?
They recognize the change and argue that women going out to work is leading to a more equal division of labour within the home.
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Why do feminists reject the March of Progress view?
They argue that little has changed - men and women still remain unequal within the family as women do most of the housework.
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Why does Ann Oakley criticize Young & Willmott?
She argues that their claims are exaggerated.
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What did Jonathon Gershuny say of women?
By them working full time, this is leading to a more equal division of labour in the home as they are not doing as much domestic labour.
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Why do men not bear the 'full burden' according to feminists?
They just 'help out' now and again' when they are told to - but are not fully responsible.
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What did Arlie Russell Hochschild say about the triple shift?
Where women are in paid employment, do domestic labour and also take on 'EMOTION WORK'
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What did Braun, Vincent and Ball find about men in families?
That only 3 out of 70 families they studied was the father the main carer.
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What 2 main types of controlling family income are there according to Jan Pahl and Corolyn Vogler?
Allowance System (where men give their wives housekeeping money and keep the rest
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What is domestic violence?
Any incident of controlling, coercive or threatening behavior, violence or abuse between those aged 16+ who are/have been intimate partners.
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What did Kathryn Coleman et al (2007) find out about domestic violence?
Women were more likely to have experienced 'intimate violence' - partner abuse, family abuse, sexual assault and stalking.
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Why are the statistics not accurate for male victims?
Men are less likely to come forward because they are feared they will be taken less seriously and just told to 'man up.'
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Which social groups are more at risk to domestic violence than others?
Young women, those on low income, those living in shared accommodation, those addicted to drugs/alcohol, those with a long term illness/disability.
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Young & Wilmott, and feminists

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Which sociologists criticized Parsons?

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Distinguished between 2 types - segregated and joint.

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Bethnal Green, East London in the 1950s

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They recognize the change and argue that women going out to work is leading to a more equal division of labour within the home.

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