What are conjugal roles?
the roles which the man and woman does within the household
What are joint conjugal roles?
husband and wives share household chores and responsabilities within the marriage
what are segregated conjugal roles?
they share the responsabilities of the household unevenly
who coined conjugal roles?
Bott
What is the tripple shift?
Duncombe and Marsden
three burdens for women are, paid work, domestic work and emotion work
what does egalitarinan mean?
equal power distribution within a marriage
what is Knusden and waerness 2008 criticism on housework ?
women peform 2/3 of domestic work in the world
What is the feminist criticism on housework?
Ann Oakley
what peope say is more egalitarian then what they do
what is the argument that work within the household is fair?
parsons - nuclear familiy was balaned in the terms of power within a relationship
•even though the roles were different they were equally important
what was young and wilmott study into households?
•studied working class families in the 1950
•conjugal roles were segregated
•men - wage earners, no domestic work, had the decision making power
•women - little decision making power, most domestic work
Young and wilmott - when did roles become more joint?
1970
marriage was more egalitarian
young and wilmott - why did conjugal roles become joint?
•slum clearances
•women made greater economic contribution
•better job and educational job opportunities
What is the instrumental role?
the breadwinner
incharge with discipline
What is the expressive role?
emotional support
What caused gender division of labour?
industrial revolution
What is the dual burden?
Ann Oakley 1974
women did both paid work and domestic work
who is edgell?
1980
tested Wilmot and young theory on symmetrical families, no families in his test had joint conjugal roles
What was edgell research on decision making?
1980
women only controlled minor decisions
division of responsibility correlated to men earning more money and he made decisions based in that
What is classed as domestic violence?
physical, physcological, financial or sexual abuse which happens within the household
what was mirrlees black study on domestic violence?
majority is against women
What was dobash and dobash study on domestic violence?
1980 radical feminists
violence happened when women didnt peform their function correctly
marriage holds the illusion that women should be subservient to men as they hold the authority
What is the radical feminist view on domestic violence?
millett and firestone - 1970
all societies are patrachal
family is a way for men to dominate women
What is a criticism of domestic violence?
Elliot 1996 - not all men are violent
men dont speak out on whether they have been abused