Parenting and Childbearing (AQA A-Level Sociology): Flashcards

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Parenting and Childbearing
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Functionalist view: women & childcare

Naturally suited due to biological role in childbearing

Modern men's role in parenting

Participate more actively than previous generations

Alternative parenting effectiveness

Can occur outside conventional expressive/instrumental roles

Parenting effectiveness depends on

Commitment and resources, not traditional gender roles

Doucet & Dunne study year & location

Early-mid 1990s, UK

Doucet & Dunne study participants

97 mothers and 23 fathers

Doucet & Dunne study aim

Examine how heterosexual & lesbian mothers challenge patriarchal motherhood

Gender scripts in lesbian couples

Absence enabled innovative parenting approaches

Lesbian couples' work-parenting view

Resourceful & positive, not viewing work as problematic

Doucet & Dunne study strength

Insight into overlooked alternative family structures

Doucet & Dunne weakness: sample

Middle-class focus limits generalisability

Clare's Law official name

Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme

Clare's Law introduced when & where

2014 across England and Wales

Clare's Law function

Request partner's domestic violence history from police

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