Couples

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• Couples

• Domestic Division Of Labour

• The roles in the home played by men and women incl. housework, childcare, paid work and emotional labour

• Parsons the roles of men and women are clearly segregated according to : -the Husband's Instrumental role, providing financial support as the sole breadwinner, the head of the household - The Wife's expressive role, catering to the needs of the house and the family, both emotional and physical Parsons argues this division is natural and beneficial to wider society

• Young and Willmott

• Bott (1957) Separate Conjugal Roles ​​​​​-​ like that of parson's expressive and instrumental roles, making both work and leisure separate Joint conjugal roles - where housework and childcare is shared and leisure time is spent together Youg and Wilmott's case study of bethnal green found the W/C families fit the pattern of sgr as men played little part in the home life spending leisure time w/ workmates in th e pub etc while women were full time housewives whose limited leisure was spent w/ female kin