Gender Roles and Relationships

Bott – Segregated and Joint Conjugal Roles

Two types of conjugal roles: segregated roles (men and women do different things) and joint roles (shared responsibilities)

Walklate

Police and courts often fail to protect women and take male claims more seriously due to patriarchal assumptions

Dobash and Dobash

Domestic violence often arises when a man's authority is challenged, highlights the patriarchal nature of traditional marriage

Gershuny

As more women entered full-time employment, men started doing more housework, showing a trend toward equality

Duncombe and Marsden

Women perform a triple shift: paid work, housework, and emotional work

Pahl

Distinguished between pooling and allowance systems, men still often control financial decisions

Vogler et al

Even when income is pooled, men often make the most important financial decisions

Man Yee Kan

Women with higher earnings do less housework showing connection between economic power and domestic labour division

Dunne

Lesbian couples had more equal domestic roles which shows gender scripts in heterosexual relationships cause inequality