Family (COUPLES)
Dobash and Dobash
Some sociologists believe domestic violence results from patriarchy
DIVISION OF LABOUR - Parsons
Expressive role + homemaker
Instrumental role + breadwinner
DIVISION OF LABOUR - Bott
Segregated conjugal roles - Division of labour, couple spends leisure time separately.
Joint conjugal roles - couples share domestic tasks and leisure time.
DIVISION OF LABOUR - Willmott and Young
More symmetrical families as a result of increased joint roles
March of progress
The ‘new man’ means couples have an equal share of housework and childcare.
Dual burden
Women do both paid work and unpaid domestic work
Triple shift
Women not only carry the dual burden of paid and domestic work, but also have to do the emotional work.
DECISION MAKING - material choices
Men have more power in decision making because they earn more.
DECISION MAKING - cultural choices
Gender role socialisation instils the view that men are the primary decision makers.
DOMESTIC ABUSE - Dobash and Dobash
Marriage and the nuclear family is the key institution of patriarchy, and the main source of women's oppression. Domestic violence is inevitable because it serves to preserve the power men have over women.
DOMESTIC ABUSE - Ansley
Domestic violence is the product of capitalism: males workers are exploited at work and take their frustration out on their wives.
DOMESTIC ABUSE - Wilkinson
Domestic violence is the result of stress on the family caused by social inequality.