Conjugal roles

• Conjugal roles Symmetrical Family

  Wilmott and Young

  however its criticised because it classed one other chore other than washing up as symmetry
• Conjugal Roles 85/15

  Anne Oakley

  criticised symmetrical family

  however only interviewed 40 women- 20 mc and 20 wc
• Conjugal roles gender roles

  Bott

  joint conjugal roles- where a couple shares tasks such as housework

  segregated gender roles- couple has separate roles = male breadwinner and female nurturer - mimics work of Parsons
• Conjugal roles symmetrical family

  Wilmott and Young

  1975 - claimed that via evolution the family was becoming symmetrical
• Conjugal roles stratified diffusion

  Wilmott and Young

  theory that what happens at the top will diffuse downwards
• Conjugal roles 85/15

  Oakley

  interviewed 40 women - 20 wc, 20 mc - middle class more symmetrical however the women was still doing majority of the work

  criticised because not representative
• Conjugal roles

  Boulton

  criticise Wilmott and Young

  fewer that 20% of husbands had a major role in childcare - w+y overestimate role men play
• Conjugal roles

  Man-Y-Kan

  women in full time employment spend nearly 12 hours of housework and share about 65% of household chores at home
• Conjugal roles dual burden

  Allan and Graham

  women perform paid and unpaid work
• Conjugal roles Triple shift

  Dunscombe and Marsden

  women perform paid, unpaid work and the emotional role
• Conjugal roles Dads

  found that although fathers had high levels of involvement with their 3 year olds - 78% played with them

  however when the child was ill only 1% of fathers took responsibility
• Conjugal roles absent gender scripts

  Dunne

  lesbian couples had more equal relationships because of the absence of gender scripts
• Conjugal roles pooling

  Pahl

  even if couples pool money together the man mainly makes financial decisions
• Conjugal roles nest egg

  Fawcett society

  women have to resort to stockpiling their own savings without the knowledge of their husbands to create a 'nest egg' for their own financial security
• Conjugal roles

  Hardill

  women will often follow their husbands to a new part of a country, leaving behind their friends/Family and career to further his career