Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Symmetrical family
- Idea based on the
thoughts of Young
and Willmott.
- 1973.
- It is nuclear.
- A husband and wife with
one or more children.
- It is home-centred
and privatised.
- Family life is focussed
on the home.
- Husband and wife look to each
other for companionship.
- Leisure is
home-based, for
example, watching tv.
- There is little contact
with those outside the
immediate family.
- It is symmetrical.
- The roles of
husband and wife
are increasingly
similar.
- Husbands play a greater
part in domestic life.
- Possible explanations
- It was around the time
divorce became easier for
women, so men may have
tried harder so their wives
stayed with them.
- Women were going out to
work more so men had to
share the domestic jobs.