Perspectives and views

• Cultural perspective - men are decision makers which is deeply ingrained in both men and women
• Pooling- both parents have access to income and joint responsibilities
• Allowance system - men give women and allowance
• Personal life - focuses on meaning couples give to who controls money
• Material or economic expansion -

  In this view the fact that women generally earn less meaning it’s economically rational for women to do more domestic work while men earn money
• Emotion and equality- southerton (2011)

  • Quality time is arranged by mothers
  • Men and women are having more equal amounts of leisure time but different experiences of it
• The British social (2008)

  Found that while only 47% of over 75s disagree with the traditional division on labour ,this rose to 75% among under 35s this indicates long term change in norms/ values