Feminism and the family L/O: To understand the feminist approach to the family. Starter: Guess the year when… Women were allowed to vote Laws were introduced so women couldn’t be discriminated against at work Laws were introduced so women got paid the same as men Women were entitled to maternity pay

Feminism and the family L/O: To understand the feminist approach to the family. Starter: Guess the year when… Women were allowed to vote 1918 (but only if you were over 30, men had to be over 21, women didn’t get that right until 1928) Laws were introduced so women couldn’t be discriminated against at work 1975 (updated 2002) Laws were introduced so women got paid the same as men 1970 (updated 2006, 2010) Women were entitled to maternity pay 1986

Does the symmetrical family exist? 1.What is a symmetrical family? 2.Speaking from your own knowledge/experience, are families symmetrical? Include specific examples.

Does the symmetrical family exist? Young and Willmott (1957) studied different families in London’s East End. They decided that the symmetrical family existed, as both partners were playing an equal role in the family.

Does the symmetrical family exist? segregated conjugal roles (separate roles for male and females in a family) joint (integrated) conjugal roles (where male and female share roles within a family) Bott (1957) “one partner usually deals with the financial side to the family, whereas the other deals with the domestic tasks” [Family and Social Network, 1957]

Does the symmetrical family exist? segregated conjugal roles (separate roles for male and females in a family) joint (integrated) conjugal roles (where male and female share roles within a family) Bott (1957) “one partner usually deals with the financial side to the family, whereas the other deals with the domestic tasks” [Family and Social Network, 1957] However this is prominent mostly in middle-class families

What is dual burden? Walker and Woods (1976): Unemployed women spend 57 hours a week on domestic tasks (30 hours is childcare) Hartmann (1981): The more hours women do at employed work, the less they do at home. Men who are employed do about the same as men who are unemployed. Oakley (1974) – women hate housework but if they didn’t do it, they’d feel less like a woman.

What is dual burden? Hunt (1980): Husbands help sporadically therefore the wife who works does a ‘double shift’. Housework done by the husband is a favour to the wife. Martin and Roberts (1984): Men are more likely to do housework if the woman works. Devine (1992): More women work part time, so men have to help out at home. However they’re more likely to help with children than housework.

Domestic Violence