Key Sociologists- couples

Parsons

Husband -Instrumental and wife- Expressive role

Bott

Joint and segragated conjugal roles

Wilmott and Young

March of progress view - led to the symmetrical family

Oakley

Reject wilmott and youngs claim of symmetrical family- men help but dont share equally

Warde and Hetherington

Domestic tasks are still sex typed

Gershuny

Women working full time leads to a more equal division of labour

Duncombe and Marsden

Women peform a triple shift

Crompton and Lyonette

Explanations of gender inequality

Cultural/ ideological explanations, Material/ Economic explanations

Edgell

Men have more power in financial decisions

Very important decisions- Made by men, Important decisions-Joint but men have final say, Less important decisions-Made by women

Dobash and Dobash

Marriage legitimates male violence against women

Firestone and Holt

Domestic violence is a product of patriachy- men control women through violence

Elliot

Not all men are violent- ingores female perpertrators of DV

Wilkinson and Pickett

Domestic violence is caused by stress from social inequality

Ansley

Women are the takers of shit - capitalism exploits men at work, men take out frustration on their wives