Haralambos and Holborn defined family as "the cornerstone of society" and the most basic unit of social organization with various vital tasks. Murdock (1949), however, believes a family is a social group characterized by common residence, reproduction, and economic cooperation. He further went on to say that the nuclear family is a district and strongly functional group in every society whether as a basic unit of a complex family or as the sole prevailing form. This was supported by Parsons, in his 1965 study, where he suggested that the nuclear family was the ideal family form (459). Herskovits and Frazier, in their debate, agreed that the black family structure was matrifocal and extended with close mother and child bonds (blogspot.com).
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Due to the strenuous activities that men had to endure and the fact that they were sometimes sent to work on other plantations, there was absenteeism of males. Miller (1996) posited that male marginalization in the Caribbean stems from the colonial era. He believed that there was a feminization of the society that was a policy that the white elites and the colonial administration deliberately put in place to limit black men and prevent them from posing an issue to the ruling class (academia.edu). Chevannes (1999), on the other hand, took an approach relating to the irresponsible sexual behaviors of Caribbean men that resulted in their marginalization. He believed that these men made distinctions between love and sex. Love, he said, implies both sex and commitment while sex, on the other hand, includes no implications of love and commitment, this, in turn, leads to women engaging in promiscuity, deterring from men and separation …show more content…
Division of labour refers to allocating certain tasks to certain individuals to increase or improve efficiency and is often allocated due to gender roles. Gender roles relate to the allocation of certain tasks to a specific gender based on cultural norms for example females in the Caribbean get more domesticated tasks in the household while males are given harder and more strenuous tasks. Evidence of gendered treatment dates back to the days of slavery. During slavery, women were held to a different standard than men and were given
Due to the strenuous activities that men had to endure and the fact that they were sometimes sent to work on other plantations, there was absenteeism of males. Miller (1996) posited that male marginalization in the Caribbean stems from the colonial era. He believed that there was a feminization of the society that was a policy that the white elites and the colonial administration deliberately put in place to limit black men and prevent them from posing an issue to the ruling class (academia.edu). Chevannes (1999), on the other hand, took an approach relating to the irresponsible sexual behaviors of Caribbean men that resulted in their marginalization. He believed that these men made distinctions between love and sex. Love, he said, implies both sex and commitment while sex, on the other hand, includes no implications of love and commitment, this, in turn, leads to women engaging in promiscuity, deterring from men and separation …show more content…
Division of labour refers to allocating certain tasks to certain individuals to increase or improve efficiency and is often allocated due to gender roles. Gender roles relate to the allocation of certain tasks to a specific gender based on cultural norms for example females in the Caribbean get more domesticated tasks in the household while males are given harder and more strenuous tasks. Evidence of gendered treatment dates back to the days of slavery. During slavery, women were held to a different standard than men and were given