PSYC 3480 Chapter 11: Psych of Women - Chapter 11
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Wo(cid:373)e(cid:374)"s fa(cid:373)il(cid:455) a(cid:374)d e(cid:373)plo(cid:455)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t roles: pe(cid:396)(cid:272)eptio(cid:374)s a(cid:374)d attitudes: male provider, female homemaker was once seen as the expected and desirable family t(cid:455)pe, (cid:373)ost adults toda(cid:455) do(cid:374)"t pe(cid:396)(cid:272)ei(cid:448)e it as the ideal. In lesbian families, couples are more likely to share both child care and household tasks: arranging for good child care primary concern among employed mothers. Respo(cid:374)si(cid:271)ilities a(cid:396)e allo(cid:272)ated o(cid:374) the (cid:271)asis of ea(cid:272)h spouse"s ti(cid:373)e a(cid:448)aila(cid:271)ilit(cid:455) Consistent with this view, full time home makers who have more time available spend more time in household labour than employed women. Some patterns of domestic involvement are inconsistent with this explanation for example, even when comparing spouses with comparable work hours, mothers spend more time than fathers caring for their kids and doing household tasks. According to this view, power in marriage depends in part, on work related resources, such as income. The (cid:373)o(cid:396)e (cid:396)esou(cid:396)(cid:272)es o(cid:374)e pa(cid:396)t(cid:374)e(cid:396) has i(cid:374) (cid:396)elatio(cid:374) to the othe(cid:396), the g(cid:396)eate(cid:396) that pa(cid:396)t(cid:374)e(cid:396)"s influence over the other.
