Gender Roles in the Family (OCR A-Level Sociology): Flashcards

Husbands & wives have separate roles - men work, women do housework

Breadwinner role played by men in traditional families

Housework & childcare role played by women

Couples share tasks together

Families where couples share tasks with joint conjugal roles

March of progress - segregated roles declining, joint roles rising

Progress over-exaggerated; women still do most housework

Women doing paid work + majority of housework & childcare

Paid work + housework + emotion work managing family emotions

Men more involved in housework as women do more paid work

Both partners have access to income e.g. joint bank account

Around 1.2 million women

Nearly 1 in 4 women

Men exploited at work take anger & frustration out on wives