Gender roles and relationships

• Wilmott and Young

  • Increase in nuclear family > development of joint conjugal roles > more equal responsibility
  • Oakley = men only did a few things to qualify as having joint roles, women = dual burden > rare for men to do lots of housework
  • Edgell = tested theory, no sample family had joint conjugal roles > increase sharing of childcare
• Dunne 


  Studied lesbian households, distribution of responsibilities = more equal