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Familes and Households sociolgists
All the sociologists required for F&H
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Sociology
Undergraduate 4
03/10/2014

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Term
PARSONS - Instrumental and Expressive roles
Definition
HUSBAND=INSTRUMENTAL ROLE (WORK AND SUCCESS = FINANCE FOR FAMILY)
WIFE=EXPRESSIVE ROLE (PRIMARY SOCIALISATION AND EMOTIONAL NEEDS)
Term
BOTT - Segregated and joint conjugal roles
Definition
Segregated roles = (HUSBAND AND WIFE SEPARATE ROLES (SIMILAR TO PARSONS).
JOINT ROLES = (COUPLE SHARE TASKS SUCH AS HOUSEWORK ETC)
Term
YOUNG AND WILLMOTT - Segregated and joint conjugal roles
Definition
Segregated== traditional working class based on study of 1950s bethnal green london
Term
YOUNG AND WILLMOTT - Symmetrical Family
Definition
Family now improving for its members
WOMEN=GO TO WORK (MAYBE OPART-TIME THOUGHT)
MEN = HELP WITH CHILDCARE AND HOUSEWORK.
Term
YOUNG AND WILLMOTT - Symmetrical Family
******REASONS******
Definition
*CHANGES IN WOMEN'S POSITION
*GEOGRAPHICALLY MOBILE - NOT BOUND BY PREVIOUS PRECEDENT OF ORIGINAL FAMILY
*NEW TECHNOLOGY
*HIGHER STANDARDS OF LIVING
(MARCH OF PROGRESS VIEW)
Term
OAKLEY-FEMINIST VIEW OF HOUSEWORK
Definition
Disagress with YOUNG AND WILLMOTT
only 15% OF HUSBANDS DID HOUSEWORK
Term
BOULTON
Definition
<20% of husbands had a major role in
Term
WARDE & HETHERINGTON
Definition
"Sex-typing" of roles was till common e.g Men spent time on DIY and car maintenance.
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