What do Willmott and Young (1973) think about conjugal roles?
The rise of the nuclear family has lead to joint conjugal roles. They said that equal and shared responsibilities would be the future norm in British families.
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Who criticised Willmott and Young (1973)?
Ann Oakley (Feminist)
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Why did Ann Oakley (1974) criticise Willmott and Young?
Their study only required men to do a few things round the house to qualify for joint roles and they overlooked the amount of time spent on housework eg. 10 minutes of washing up compared with 1 hour of ironing.
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What did Ann Oakley (1974) say about conjugal roles?
They were unequal. Women take on a double burden of being a housewife as well as having a paid job.
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What did Ann Oakley say about the 'housewife'?
It is a social construction (which came about after industrialisation) because they were not allowed to work in factories so it became the social norm for women to stay at home and do all of the housework.
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What is the Functionalist theory on power in society?
Men and women have different roles in the family which is the most effective way of keeping society running smoothly.
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What is the Marxist theory on power in society?
Men and women have different roles in the family as a result of capitalism having control over family life.
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What is the Feminist theory on power in society?
Men and women have different roles as a result of a patriarchal society which allows men to dominate over women.
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What was Parsons' (1955) view on conjugal roles?
The husband has an instrumental role and the wife has an expressive role.
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What is an instrumental role?
To achieve success at work, to provide financial support for the family and to be the breadwinner.
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What is an expressive role?
Primary socialisation of the children, meeting the family's emotional needs and being the 'home maker'.
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What did Elizabeth Bott (1957) say about conjugal roles?
There are 2 ways household jobs can be shared: Segregated roles (functionalist) or Joint roles/symmetrical (postmodernists)
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Who sees domestic violence as a form of patriarchal control?
Radical Feminists
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What happened in 1991 that helped prevent domestic violence?
The **** law changed so that a husband could be charged with ****** his wife.
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Radical Psychiatrists
See the family the opposite way that functionalists do, they can see the bad side of family eg. child abuse
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What is Childhood?
A social construction (Ariès 1962)
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How are children protected nowadays?
Children act 1989, laws against sex under 16, laws against access to drugs and alcohol, laws to ensure education etc.
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Cultural and gender differences in childhood
Child armies in africa, children who live in poverty, boys have more freedom that girls according to Hillman (1993)
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What is the future of childhood?
Neil Postman (1994) said that childhood is disappearing due to the media and children are becoming more like adults.
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Who thinks that childhood isn't disappearing?
Nick Lee (2005) - Parents still have financial control over their children.
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Who criticised Willmott and Young (1973)?
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Ann Oakley (Feminist)
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Why did Ann Oakley (1974) criticise Willmott and Young?
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Card 4
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What did Ann Oakley (1974) say about conjugal roles?
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