gcse sociology family- desired vocabulary

• empty nest


  where the children move out and no longer live with the parents
• canalisation


  the way a parent channels their children's interests into toys/games that are gender based
• egalitarian families


  sharing powers between members of the family
• principle of stratified diffusion


  social changes start at the top of the social class system and "diffuse" down (willmot and young)
• polygamy


  having more than one spouse
• polygyny


  having more than one wife
• polyandry


  women who have more than one husband
• instrumental role


  men take on this role as the breadwinner (parsons)
• expressive role


  women take on this role as housewives and mothers (parsons)
• joint conjugal roles


  no rigid division of household tasks- shared leisure activities
• segregated conjugal roles


  division in domestic labour due to gender- separate leisure activities
• symmetrical families


  spouses perform different tasks but both contribute to the home