Lecture Notes on Family Roles and Domestic Labour

Flashcards covering conjugal roles, domestic labor, and changing family relationships based on lecture notes.

__ refers to the separation of roles within the household based on gender, traditionally with the wife/mother at home and the husband/father as economic provider.

Conjugal roles

In contemporary gender roles, social identities are more open to __, allowing individuals to decide how they want to interpret parental roles.

negotiation

__ involves the maintenance of home and family, including tasks like cleaning, cooking, and childcare.

Domestic labour

Gershuny et al. observed that generally do more domestic labour than .

women, men

Kan found that paid employment reduces the levels of housework done by __.

women

Ramos found that domestic labour is more likely to be equally distributed when the male is __.

unemployed

Willmott argues that changing family relationships mean domestic labour is __ not based on traditional roles or gender.

negotiated

According to Pilcher, __ people tend to think about gender roles traditionally, reflecting their socialisation and life experiences.

older

Industrial societies experienced a ‘__’ in conjugal roles based on general acceptance of gender equality.

quiet revolution

The __ combines traditional male ideas with taking on domestic work and being fully involved in raising his children.

New Man