Gender roles in contemporary family

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  • Created on: 21-12-21 09:25
what term refers to the instrumental/ expressive leaders idea and who suggested this?
Conjugal roles
parsons
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what is segregated and joint roles and who suggested it?
separated- women and men have didn't roles, women house/child, men work
joint- men and women make decisions together about finance, leisure time, family, etc
Bott
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who suggested the symmetrical family and what did they say?
wilmott and young
where in one of the stages, joint roles would become normalised due to stratified diffusion (once the mc did it it became a norm).
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name and evaluation of this
-Oakley argued that men could do one chore and it would be seen as equal when it wasn't
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what sociologist argued that housework is a factor and what did they say?
Oakley said working women suffered as they had to housework and then they had to do this work in jobs so it was burden to them.
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which sociologists suggested the triple budder, the idea that housework, childcare and work wad more of a budder?
Dunscombe and Marsden
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what sociologist used the term 'economy of emotion' to describe this and what does it mean?
Bell
managing emotions like its money
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what did they find in lesbian families and which sociologist found it?
Dunne
that housework was shared much more and it was more symmetrical.
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Why does this happen and which sociologist suggested it?
There’s no hierarchy system to who is more of a leaver in same sex relationships
Smart
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name evaluations fo this
-many of these studies had small samples
-British attitude survey found only a small minority thought that traditional women was right
+Gershuny found that the longer women were in employment, the more housework them and did
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what sociologist talked about decision making and what did they find?
Edgell found in Mc families, since men made more money why controlled the bigger decisions but women made minor/ small decisions.
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what did another sociologist find?
Weeks et al found men an d women had a joint account for household spending but used their personal money for themselves
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who found the allowance system and what was it?
Pahl and Volger found that the money would 'belong' to the man but women were given a small allowance/ sum of the money.
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name an evaluation of this
the personal life perspective suggested by smart talker about how this structure could fit the family best so it may not reflect the family structure of society.
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which sociologists suggested domestic violence and what did they say ?
Dobash and Dobash found when women were attacked, men thought it was because they weren't preforming their roles right, 1/3 women thought it was right showing it is ingrained in society that even women think it.
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what is the 'dark side of the family' and who suggested it?
Dobash and Dobash said that the dark side of the family was that there was neglect and abise towards children, women which goes against the rosy picture functionalists paint
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name evaluations of this
-men also get abused
-the studies are out of date and may not reflect current society
-womens aid still found that a small number of incidents weren't punished for properly
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