Gender & Power in the Family (AQA A Level Sociology): Flashcards

The dual burden is when women do both paid work and the majority of domestic tasks.

False.

McKee and Bell found that even where the man was unemployed, women did most of the housework and childcare.

The triple shift is Duncombe and Marsden's (1993) idea that women manage paid work, domestic tasks and emotional work.

Gershuny found that husbands of full-time working wives do more housework, supporting the idea of growing symmetry.

Crompton and Lyonette (2008) outline cultural or ideological explanations and material or economic explanations.

Dunne found that lesbian couples shared tasks more equally because of the absence of traditional gender scripts.

Arber and Ginn (1995) found that middle-class women can buy domestic help or childcare to ease their workload.

False.

Feminists argue paid work has improved equality only slightly, as patriarchy keeps domestic tasks gendered and women are paid less.

Barrett and McIntosh argued that men's financial support is often irregular and comes with conditions attached, though men gain far more from women's unpaid work.

Kempson found that women in low-income households often went without or ate less to make sure their children were fed.

The allowance system is where men give their wives a set budget for household costs while keeping control of the remaining income (Vogler and Pahl, 1993).

False.

Even under pooling, one partner, often the man, may still dominate financial decisions.

The personal life perspective focuses on the meanings couples attach to money management, rather than assuming control always reflects power.

Vogler et al. (2006) found that cohabiting couples are less likely to pool their income.

Edgell found that men make the important decisions, such as buying property or a car, while women handle day-to-day spending.

Laurie and Gershuny found an equal say was most likely where women were high earners or had professional careers.

Domestic abuse is, according to Women's Aid, controlling, coercive, threatening, degrading and violent behaviour, usually by a partner or ex-partner.

Dobash and Dobash found that domestic violence often arises when men feel their authority is challenged.

The CSEW shows that most victims are women, with an estimated 1.6 million women and 712,000 men experiencing domestic abuse.

Walby and Allen found that women were far more likely than men to experience repeated abuse and sexual violence.

Domestic violence is underrecorded partly because police often view the family as a private sphere.

Radical feminists such as Millett and Firestone (1970) see domestic violence as rooted in patriarchy, with men using violence to control women.

Elliot argues that not all men are violent and that women can also be perpetrators.

Wilkinson and Pickett link domestic violence to social inequality and financial stress, which can trigger conflict in low-income families.

False.

The materialist explanation helps explain class differences, but not why women rather than men are the main victims.

Marxist feminists argue that domestic violence stems from capitalist exploitation, with men taking out their frustration from work on women.