Sociology - Roles and Relationships Exam Questions with Answers
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Sociology - Roles And Relationships
Sociology - Roles and Relationships Exam Questions with Answers
Barrett and McIntosh - Answer-Men gain more from women than they give back in financial support.
Pahl (1993) - Money management - Answer-Husband controlled pooling in which man has final say. Or allowance system where wife gets ...
Sociology - Roles and Relationships
Exam Questions with Answers
Barrett and McIntosh - Answer-Men gain more from women than they give back in
financial support.
Pahl (1993) - Money management - Answer-Husband controlled pooling in which man
has final say. Or allowance system where wife gets budget.
Weeks et al (2001) - Convenience rather than power - Answer-Pool money in joint
account to make easier. Personal life perspective, ignore norms and ideals.
Smart (2007) - Personal Life Perspective - Answer-Same-sex couples don't have same
heterosexual baggage but organise money in a way thats best for them as a couple.
Control doesn't necessarily mean inequality.
Theories of Power - Answer-Functionalists - Different roles are most effective way for
society to run smoothly.
Marxists - Capitalism works best with division of roles, maintained through media.
Feminists - Patriarchal society creates these roles to benefit men
Child Abuse - Answer-Children Act (1989) - State intervention
2013-14 - 658,000 children to social services
59,800 put on child protection plan.
Abuse allows parents to feel powerful.
Elizabeth Stank (2000) - Domestic Violence - Answer-Women killed by partner every 3
days.
570,000 cases reported every year.
Incident occurs every 6-20 secs.
Home Office - 16% of violent crime is DV
Non physical more common than physical.
A lot is unreported.
Dobash and Dobash (1979) - DV - Answer-Domestic violence for power.
Police didn't usually record violent crime against wives.
1979- special DV units
1991- Marital Rape made illegal.
Social patterns lead to it, too widespread to be random.
Set of by women challenging authority.
Marriage legitimises men's power.
Most women who left, returned due to dependance and stigmatisation.
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