DDOL

• Willmott and Young


  Symmetrical family and stratified diffusion. Men are doing more in the household
• Parsons

  Expressive roles - women being the homemaker

  Instrumental roles - men being the breadwinner
• Gershuny


  Dual burden hypothesis is a myth when it comes to women going to work and men do housework
• Dobash and dobash


  Violent incidents are set off by what a man sees as a threat to his authority
• Sharpe


  Girls' attitudes have changed

  1970's - marriage, children

  1990's - career, education
• Bott


  Shared conjugal roles

  Separate conjugal roles
• Edgell and Pahl


  How couples manage money
• Oakley


  Symmetry in domestic division is a myth
• Lancaster group


  Women are more likely to complete undesirable household chores e.g. cleaning toilets