Instrumental and expressive roles - Parsons 1955
●Going out and earning a wage
●domestic labour, childcare, cleaning/cooking
Segregated and joint conjugal roles - Elizabeth Bott 1957
●Where men and women have different roles, men=instrumental and women=expressive
●Couples share roles of income, chores and spend leisure time together
Symmetrical family - Young and Wilmott 1973
‘March of progress’ - Family life improving for all family members and becoming more equal
Emotion work
Managing emotions of family members as well as their own
Dual burden and the Triple shift
●Women doing instrumental and expressive roles
●Women doing instrumental, expressive roles and emotion work