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CONJUGAL ROLES

CONJUGAL ROLES. The Domestic Division of Labour. The Domestic Division of Labour. Domestic Labour = housework, childcare and paid work. Do men and women share domestic tasks equally?. Talcott Parsons (1955). ‘ Instrumental’ & ‘ Expressive’ Roles’.

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CONJUGAL ROLES

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  1. CONJUGAL ROLES

  2. The Domestic Division of Labour

  3. The Domestic Division of Labour • Domestic Labour = housework, childcare and paid work. • Do men and women share domestic tasks equally?

  4. Talcott Parsons (1955) ‘Instrumental’& ‘Expressive’ Roles’ • Nuclear Family – nice and functional! • Husbands role = achieving success at work, financially supporting the family, very traditional! • Wife’s role = primary socialising the children, looking after the house, the home-maker. Functionalist

  5. ‘INSTRUMENTAL’ ROLE ‘EXPRESSIVE’ ROLE

  6. ‘Instrumental’ Role • To achieve success at work • To provide financial support for the family • To be a ‘Breadwinner’

  7. ‘Expressive’ Role • The Primary socialisation of the children • Meeting the family’s emotional needs • A ‘home-maker’

  8. I disagree! Why am I biologically suited to stay at home? Men and Women are ‘biologically’ suited to these roles so it’s only natural that men are the breadwinners and women are the stay at home wives.

  9. Criticisms of Parsons

  10. Easy to criticise Parsons! • More men are becoming involved in domestic duties • More women are choosing a career instead of becoming a housewife • What do feminists argue about Parsons view?

  11. Bott(1957) Joint and segregated conjugal roles Segregated Conjugal roles • very traditional - like Parsons view • Men = breadwinner • Women = Housewife • The jobs are not shared

  12. Bott(1957) Joint and segregated conjugal roles Joint Conjugal roles • Husband and Wife both share responsibility for: • paid work • childcare • domestic chores

  13. Segregated Conjugal Roles Wife = housekeeper, cook, parent, wife, etc. She will not go out to work. Husband = Breadwinner – once home from work, he can relax.

  14. Joint Conjugal Roles Husband & Wife = Breadwinners, parents, share domestic chores etc. A more modern family type!

  15. The Symmetrical Family Young and Willmot (1973)

  16. Young and Willmot(1973) Reasons for the rise of the symmetrical family • Changes of women’s position in society • Geographical mobility • New technology • Better standards of living

  17. ‘this is ‘The March of Progress’

  18. marxistfeminists would argue against ‘the march of progress view • Marxist-feminists argue that housewives by cooking, washing her husband’s clothes and even sleeping with him makes her partner into a more productive worker.

  19. They believe that Domestic labour serves the needs of the capitalist economy • Marxist-feminists believe in addition that by producing and rearing children, at no cost to employers, housewives play a vital part in the reproduction of labour.

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