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FAD2230 Final Exam Study Guide Quizlet with all vocab http quizlet com 60345540 fad2230 final flash cards Password jeter Chapter 14 Family Work at Home o The division of household labor Family Work at Home Household Labor Routine Household Labor in general the unpaid work done to maintain family members and or a home cannot be postponed such as cooking washing dishes or cleaning Household tasks that are more time flexible and more discretionary such as household repairs yard care or paying bills nondiscretionary routine tasks that Occasional Labor o Explanations for the gendered division of labor o Time availability perspective o Relative resources perspective suggests the division of labor is largely determined by the need for household labor and each partners availability to perform household tasks value of resources contributed by a partner the greater is his or her power within the relationship which can then be translated into bargaining to avoid tasks such as housework that offer no pay and minimal social prestige according to what their gender role entails Doing gender tasks are accomplished the greater the relative amount of o Gender perspective Juggling Work and Family Life o Conflict overload and spillover Role overload Work family conflict a form of tension under which people feel that the pressures from paid work and family roles are incompatible in some way feeling overwhelmed by many different commitments and not having enough time to meet each commitment effectively Spillover one sphere of work carrying over into work in another sphere an occurrence caused by the demands involved in o Who s Minding the Kids Preschool age children Daycare centers nonresidential facilities that provide childcare Family Childcare Providers the child s home where child care is provided private homes other than Nannies Babysitters childcare in the home School age children Self care care of themselves non relatives that provide children who are unsupervised and taking Chapter 15 Types of Power o Coercive Power o Reward Power you have the ability to punish someone in order to power you have to reward someone for doing a get what you want desirable behavior not need to be an expert Could just be something that you hear o Expert Power o Informational Power Power you have when you re an expert at something power you have that is information but you do This can be used negatively by secrets or blackmailing o Referent Power when someone is given power by someone else Ex people that are kidnapped and held as prisioners and over time start to sympathize with kidnapper Stockholm syndrome o Legitimate Power power given to you by another person that states you have the power Ex doctor policeman Marital Power o First studied in 1950 s o Blood and Wolfe interviewed wives only o Resource hypothesis the spouse with more resources has more o Most families 72 had relatively egalitarian decision making power in marriage o What resources do spouses bring Study Results structure o 25 Husbands make decisions o 3 Wives made decisions Criticism of the Study o What domains men and women to have power over Wives food shopping cleaning Husbands where they live jobs finances o Having the power to make trivial decisions is not the same as having the power to make important ones Resources and Gender o Women tend to be most equal with men at the beginning of marriage o First pregnancy and birth diminishes women s resources Female may take time off and lose income Dependent on males to be father and earner Have less energy to resist dominance of husband Future of Marital Power o Working women are happier in their marriages More financial freedom Psychosocial benefits o Mutually economically dependent couples Couples in each partner earns 40 to 50 of the couples o Women s resources may increase in value caring emotional support warmth nurturing o Equality between men and women may occur in overall society o Heterosexual married heterosexual cohabitating lesbian and gay o Married and cohabitating heterosexuals are least egalitarian o Gay and lesbian share domestic duties more including child rearing o Gays are more competitive lesbians are more relationally focused Four Couple Types Power and Intimacy o Intimacy is greatest when power is equal o No power equal power in relationship o Seek to negotiate and compromise not to win Alternatives to Power Politics o Partners take charge of separate domains May decrease intimacy Reinforces separateness o Subordinate spouse disengages from power struggles o More powerful partner relinquishes some power to save or enhance the marriage Family Violence difference o All forms of abuse have at their center the exploitation of a power o Child abuse elder abuse husband abuse o Dating violence domestic violence sexual coercion Three phase Cycle of Violence o Tension resulting from some minor altercation builds over a period of time o Situation escalates exploding into another violence episode o Violent person becomes contrite apologetic treating his her spouse lovingly Why Abusers do it o Feeling of powerlessness o Lack of resources o Insecurity o Experienced it as a child learned behavior o Influence of drugs and alcohol o Mental illness Why Victims Put Up With It o Fear o Cultural norms o Love economic dependence and hopes for reform o Gendered socialization o Childhood experiences o Low self esteem Types of Violence o Intimate partner violence violence committed by spouses ex spouses or current or former boyfriends girlfriends including same sex partners intimidation mutual violence with a specific argument controlling the partner through fear and o Patriarchal terrorism o Common couple violence Usually between young people Pushing shoving Young people grow out of Children and Violence o Child abuse Emotional Physical Sexual o Child Neglect o Incest o Sibling violence Chapter 16 Today s high U S Divorce Rate o On average 40 to 50 of marrieds can expect to have their marriages dissolve over the life course o The divorce rate is about 50 for first marriages o The divorce rate is about 65 for second marriages How Are Divorce Rates Calculated o Number of divorces per year o Ratio of current marriages to current divorces o Lifetime records of marriage an divorce o Crude divorce rate o Refined divorce rate Why Are Couples Divorcing o Various factors can bind marriages and families together including Economic interdependence Legal social and moral constraints Spouse s relationship o The


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