The Domestic Division of Labour

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what did Parsons say about male roles within the traditional nuclear family?
He said that there is a clear division of labour between husbands and wives. He said that the husband has an instrumental role, provising for the family finacially and being the breadwinner.
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What did Parons say about female roles within the traditional nuclear family?
he said that the wife has an expressive role, which inclueds being the homemaker, preparing the children with early sociolisation and meetings the familys emotional needs, she is a full time house wife.
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Why did Young and Wilmot Criticise Parsons?
young and willmott argue that men are now taking a greater share in domestic tasks and more wives are now becoming wage earners
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Young and Willmott take a 'march of progress' view why?
they believe that family life is gradually improving for all its memebers and becoming more equal
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Young and Willmott see the rise of the symmetrical nuclear family as the result of major social changes that have taken place in the last century, what are these?
Changes in womens positions - married women now go out to work. 2 Geographical Mobility - more couples living away from where they grew up. 3 new technology and labour saving devices. 4 higher standards of living.
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how does women going out to work support the family?
they bring in a second wage, which allows them to afford more labour saving devices like hoovers, this makes housework easier and encourages men to do more. It helps to raise the familys standard of living.
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Why do feminist sociologists reject the 'march of progress' view?
they aregue that little has changed and men and women still remain uequal within the fmil and women still do more domestic work.
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Boulton found what percentage of husbands had a major role in childcare?
20%
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what did Warde and Hetherington belive?
that men only carried out routine 'female' tasks when their wives were not around to do it themselves.
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he said that the wife has an expressive role, which inclueds being the homemaker, preparing the children with early sociolisation and meetings the familys emotional needs, she is a full time house wife.

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What did Parons say about female roles within the traditional nuclear family?

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young and willmott argue that men are now taking a greater share in domestic tasks and more wives are now becoming wage earners

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they believe that family life is gradually improving for all its memebers and becoming more equal

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Changes in womens positions - married women now go out to work. 2 Geographical Mobility - more couples living away from where they grew up. 3 new technology and labour saving devices. 4 higher standards of living.

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