In the past, it has been the wife who was responsible for taking care of all the work around the house and in the family. Women were responsible for cooking, cleaning, and taking care of the needs of the children while men went to work outside of the home and earned majority of the money. Recently more women have been entering the work force and seeking higher education to expand their role outside of the home. When this happens it may alter the family expectations for who is responsible for the household duties. When both parents work outside of the home men do contribute to household duties, but it doesn't change the fact that women always end up doing more.
Gender roles, gender ideologies, division of labor, communication, and family satisfaction are all important aspects of family dynamics. Gender roles in the family are patterns of masculine and feminine behaviors that are used to fulfill family member functions.A gender ideology is a mechanism through which individuals make decisions concerning enacting and fairness of gendered behaviors. There are two main gender ideologies to determine who should be responsible for certain duties in the family. A family with complementarian ideology believes that the man should be the sole provider, decision maker and have ultimate authority in the family (often referred to as traditional family roles). A family with an egalitarian ideology believes that men and women should be equal partners in family matters and decision making (this would be nontraditional family roles). Even in an egalitarian home data shows that the woman still does more household chores. Though there is more help from their partners it is not necessarily equal. When examining these family ideals and communication within the family there are some differences. Egalitarian families were more likely to use conversation-oriented communication patterns while complementarian families used conformity-oriented communication. This difference in communication patterns is important when thinking about the effect this has on the individuals communication outside of the family and in society. The wives and children in the complementarian families may be more likely to conform to gender roles and society's expectations while members of the egalitarian families would be more likely to negotiate and discuss issues to come up with other ideals or expectations.
These ideologies also have a big impact on how a family will operate and how satisfied the members of the family will be. Data shows that men in traditional families are the happiest, but there are no gender differences in family satisfaction. Partner involvement in housework and joint decision-making are the best predictors of family satisfaction. It is important for there to be agreement on attitudes and behaviors involving family roles because gender expectations are deeply rooted in society, its view of how a family should function, and which family members should be responsible for certain duties. As these expectations change, family dynamics begin to adjust to specific needs of the family. Family ideals shape and change how society functions as it evolves through changes in the culture, world relations, and environment.
Gender roles, gender ideologies, division of labor, communication, and family satisfaction are all important aspects of family dynamics. Gender roles in the family are patterns of masculine and feminine behaviors that are used to fulfill family member functions.A gender ideology is a mechanism through which individuals make decisions concerning enacting and fairness of gendered behaviors. There are two main gender ideologies to determine who should be responsible for certain duties in the family. A family with complementarian ideology believes that the man should be the sole provider, decision maker and have ultimate authority in the family (often referred to as traditional family roles). A family with an egalitarian ideology believes that men and women should be equal partners in family matters and decision making (this would be nontraditional family roles). Even in an egalitarian home data shows that the woman still does more household chores. Though there is more help from their partners it is not necessarily equal. When examining these family ideals and communication within the family there are some differences. Egalitarian families were more likely to use conversation-oriented communication patterns while complementarian families used conformity-oriented communication. This difference in communication patterns is important when thinking about the effect this has on the individuals communication outside of the family and in society. The wives and children in the complementarian families may be more likely to conform to gender roles and society's expectations while members of the egalitarian families would be more likely to negotiate and discuss issues to come up with other ideals or expectations.
These ideologies also have a big impact on how a family will operate and how satisfied the members of the family will be. Data shows that men in traditional families are the happiest, but there are no gender differences in family satisfaction. Partner involvement in housework and joint decision-making are the best predictors of family satisfaction. It is important for there to be agreement on attitudes and behaviors involving family roles because gender expectations are deeply rooted in society, its view of how a family should function, and which family members should be responsible for certain duties. As these expectations change, family dynamics begin to adjust to specific needs of the family. Family ideals shape and change how society functions as it evolves through changes in the culture, world relations, and environment.