Gender Roles In
Marriage and Family
Time Line
Key Features of
applicable theories
Sociological
 Structural-Functionalism
 Symbolic Interactionism
 Gender Theory
Anthropological
• Structuralism
Physiological
• Learning Theory
• Behaviourism
“Real Life” context
Sociological
• Structural-Functionalism
• Symbolic Interactionism
• Gender Theory
Anthropological
• Structuralism
Psychological
• Learning Theory
• Behaviourism
Stereotypes
Mild stereotypes in marriages cause each
gender to take role of one particular
responsibility
Stereotypes still apply in a mild case even
though there have been changes of social
expectation and opportunities.
Stereotypes
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/B
F00289333
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hXtWrLmbCA
Interesting Facts
• New trend! Research that Americans are moving away
from patriarchal marriages.
• The Pew Research center in 2008 conducted a telephone
survey in American homes; 2250 adults were
interviewed. 43% of all couples surveyed reported that
the women make decisions in more areas than the man.
26% couples reported that men make more of the
decisions. Joint decision making were reported to be 31%
of couples.
By: Adriana Hernandez, Anna
Brundage and Kevin Jang