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Talcott Parsons 1955

Husband instrumental role, wife expressive role. Based on biological differences; women naturally nurturing and men providers.Beneficial to wider society and the family.

Elizabeth Bott 1957

Joint and segregated conjugal roles

Willmott and young 1973

March of progress view that family life is gradually improving for its members, becoming more equal and democratic.

Wilmott and young 1950's

Segregated conjugal roles. Male breadwinner and female homemaker with separate leisure time.

Wilmott and young 1970's

Symmetrical family, things became more equal especially in younger couples who had moved away from parents. Women work part time, men help with childcare, couples spend leisure time together.

Anne Oakley 1974

Symmetrical family doesn't exist; men only help with the fun jobs. Men only do 15% of housework and 25% of childcare.

Boulton 1983

Only 20% of males are responsible for childcare, father helps with specific tasks but the mother responsible for a childs wellbeing.

Warde and hetherington 1993

Sex typing of domestic jobs. Men only do female jobs when women aren't around. Younger men feel they don't do enough.

2012 survey on household tasks carried out by men and women

Men do average of 8 hour per week on house work, women do 13. 60% of women felt the division of labour was unjust.

What is the feminist view of houework

Women going into paid work has not led to greater equality in the division of labour. Women carry out a dual burden.

Gershuny 1994 (March of progress)

Women working full time is leading to more equal division of labour in the home, he found that women who work do less domestic tasks than women who don't.

Sullivan 2000 (March of progress)

Women beginning to do a smaller share of domestic tasks and men doing more.

DeX and Warde 2007


Although fathers had high levels of involvement with children (78% played with them,) only 1% took the main responsibility

Hochschild 2013

'Emotion work' women responsible for managing emotions between family members

Southerton 2011

Taking responsibility for 'quality time' usually falls to the mother. Recent changes such as flexible working patterns have led to time being fragmented. Men more likely to experiance blocks of uninterrupted leisure where as womens is punctuated by childcare.