Couples/ domestic divsion of labour

parsons

Parsons- instrumental and expressive role

instrumental: husband- breadwinner- achieves success at work so he can provide for family financially 

Expressive: wife- primary socialisation of children, meeting families emotional needs, homemaker, full time housewife 

Young and Willmot

Young and Willmot- Symmetrical family- Roles are becoming more equal, family life changing, M+W have more similar roles 

Eval: more work= more equal, exaggerating M work, mostly in affluent, younger couples not all couples

Silver and schor

commercialisation of housework, easier to do housework due to labour saving devices

Eval: WC maybe cannot afford these

Man yee kan

Man Yee Kan- Impact of paid work, working mothers do less housework every 10k+ = 2 hours less housework

Eval: could outsource help such as cleaners, women average make less money

Oakley

Oakley- Pleasurable aspects of housework and childcare, men do the more pleasurable aspects, mothers lose rewarding bit on childcare

Eval: Men shown to be getting more involved but still mostly women doing the work men are ‘helping’

Boulton

Boulton- Tasks vs responsibilities. We have responsibility of child's security etc. men help out with specific tasks

Eval: men fulfill other responsibilities (finanacal), family diversity based on heterosexual couples

Duncombe and Marsden

Duncombe and Marsden- Triple shift- Paid work, unpaid housework, emotional work

Eval: women want to spend time with children paid employment takes away women's need to housework

Dunne

Dunne-Gender scripts. Gender roles expected, makes families/ couples less equal, LGBTQ+ couples more equal as they don't follow them 

Eval: Solidisation is outdated women might want to stay home (choice + PLP)

Edgell

Edgell- Men make important decisions - important- men decide, less important-equal, no importance-women decide 

Eval:evidence that equality is happening slowly, would be more finance based

Dobash and Dobash

Dobash and Dobash- Marriage legitimises DV (patriarchal explaination) violent incidents set of by challenges to male authority 

Eval: Don't explain with violence, men are not all aggressive, not all marriages are abusive

Wilkinson

Wilkinson- Stress and inequality explaination on DV- people under stress at work/ financal etc, stress leads to unstable relationships

Eval: doesn't explain wealthy couples violence, why women more likely to experience