Sociologists

• Which sociologists argued that there are 4 functions of the family, educational, economical, reproductive and sexual?

  Murdock
• Who argues that the functions of the family change overtime, but that there are 2 irreducible functions, primary socialisation and stabilisation of adult personalities?

  Parsons
• Who coined the terms expressive and instrumental roles?

  Parsons
• Who argued that the emergence of the monogamous nuclear family came with capitalism?

  Engels
• Who argued that the nuclear family transmits capitalist ideology to children?

  Zaretsky
• Who argued that the nuclear family is a unit of consumption?

  Zaretsky
• Who said that the family is a patriarchal institution in which they are expected to endure unpaid services?

  Delphy & Leonard
• Who said that domestic violence is a product of mens’ misdirected anger at a capitalist society?

  Ansley
• Who is in favour of political lesbianism and said that the family is patriarchal and preserves the power men have over women?

  Greer
• Who said that housework has been commercialised?

  Shor
• Who said that the family was the key institution of patriarchy and the main source of oppression for women?

  Dobash & Dobash
• Who coined the term “Triple Shift”?

  Duncombe & Marsden
• Who said that women had more decisive power when it came to matters concerning housework and childcare?

  Edgell
• Who suggested the 2 systems of “Allowance System” and “Pooling”?

  Pahl
• Who said that there will always be disparity in decisive power for as long as the glass ceiling to female promotion and unequal pay exist?

  Gershuny
• Who said that lesbian couples had more of an equal partnership in both the private and public spheres?

  Dunne
• Who said that same-sex couples created more symmetrical families than heterosexual couples?

  Weeks
• Who said that women in low-income families often neglected their own needs to make ends meet?

  Kempson
• Who said that the division of labour is determined by patriarchal norms and values that shape gender roles?

  Crompton & Lyonette
• Who found that couples who had more equal relationships shared housework equally?

  Gershuny
• Who found that young men do more domestic work now than they did in the past?

  Man Yee Kan
• Who found that when the woman is the full-time bread-winner, men do as much domestic labour as she does?

  Ramos
• Who said that working full-time rather than part-time makes a big difference in how much housework each partner does?

  Sullivan
• Who found that m/c families are more likely to afford labour-saving appliances and childcare?

  Arber & Ginn