AQA A level Sociology on Domestic Division of Labour

Who introduced the functionalist view of the expressive and instrumental roles in the home?

The husband has an instrumental role and the wife an expressive role.

What is the view that women have to take on both the tasks of paid work and housework called ?

Evidence suggests that there is no movement towards an equal division of labour.

Southerton argues that men and women have a different quantity of leisure time but the same quality.

What are the main 2 types of money management in the family?

Who argues that there is no evidence of a move towards symmetry in gender roles?

Women do twice as much housework as men on average

What is the phrase to describe women's position in society improving?

What has aided the rise of the symmetrical family?

When was the Equal Pay Act introduced?

Who argues that there are both cultural and material explanations of inequality?

The personal life perspective believes that ....?

When the couple share tasks such as housework and childcare and spend their leisure time together is known as?

How many women felt that their division of labour was unjust?

What types of decisions are women more likely to make according to Edgell's study?

Smart found that same-sex couples gave a different meaning to the control of money.

The personal life perspective is associated with?

How do radical feminists view the family and marriage?

What percentage of fathers did Ferri and Smith find took responsibility for childcare?