As Sociology
SOCIOLOGY REVISION
Couples
What two conjugal roles does Parson identify? Why does he believe this?(functionalist) * Instrumental Role-Male, breadwinner, wage earner * Expressive role-Female, home maker, nurturing role * Because the domestic division of labour is biologically based
What two types of conjugal roles does Bott identify? * Segregated conjugal roles- wife and husband have specified roles within the family and spent their leisure time separately. * Joint conjugal roles- couples share domestic tasks and leisure time.
What segregated roles did Young and Willmott find in working class extended families in 1950s? * Segregated conjugal roles
Whose theory is the symmetrical family and what is it? * Willmott and Young * Sees a long term trend towards joint conjugal roles * Most women not go out to work * Men help with the house work and childcare (the new man) * Couples spend their leisure time together. Men have become more home centred and the family more privatised.
Why do feminists reject the march of progress and symmetrical family? * Because they see the family as patriarchal, not symmetrical or equal. * Women still do most of the housework and childcare.
What role does Oakly see as a wife’s primary role? * The housewife role. * It is the result of industrialisation and factory production in the 19th century. * Women were excluded from the work force. * The housewife role is socially constructed
How does Oakly criticise Wilmott and Young’s symmetrical family theory? * They exaggerated men’s role: although husbands ‘helped’, this could include just ironing their own shirt once a week.
What does Bolton argue about the domestic division of labour? * We need to look at who is responsible for tasks, not just who performs them. * Less than 1 in 5 husbands took a major part in childcare
What is the impact of women working? * Leading to a more equal division of
Couples
What two conjugal roles does Parson identify? Why does he believe this?(functionalist) * Instrumental Role-Male, breadwinner, wage earner * Expressive role-Female, home maker, nurturing role * Because the domestic division of labour is biologically based
What two types of conjugal roles does Bott identify? * Segregated conjugal roles- wife and husband have specified roles within the family and spent their leisure time separately. * Joint conjugal roles- couples share domestic tasks and leisure time.
What segregated roles did Young and Willmott find in working class extended families in 1950s? * Segregated conjugal roles
Whose theory is the symmetrical family and what is it? * Willmott and Young * Sees a long term trend towards joint conjugal roles * Most women not go out to work * Men help with the house work and childcare (the new man) * Couples spend their leisure time together. Men have become more home centred and the family more privatised.
Why do feminists reject the march of progress and symmetrical family? * Because they see the family as patriarchal, not symmetrical or equal. * Women still do most of the housework and childcare.
What role does Oakly see as a wife’s primary role? * The housewife role. * It is the result of industrialisation and factory production in the 19th century. * Women were excluded from the work force. * The housewife role is socially constructed
How does Oakly criticise Wilmott and Young’s symmetrical family theory? * They exaggerated men’s role: although husbands ‘helped’, this could include just ironing their own shirt once a week.
What does Bolton argue about the domestic division of labour? * We need to look at who is responsible for tasks, not just who performs them. * Less than 1 in 5 husbands took a major part in childcare
What is the impact of women working? * Leading to a more equal division of