AQA GCSE Sociology · 8192
Paper 1, Paper 2
In Parsons’ functionalist account, the breadwinning role concerned with earning income and supporting the family materially.
Revise: Conjugal Role RelationshipsThe man’s instrumental role involved earning income, while the woman’s expressive role involved housework, childcare and emotional support. Together, these roles met material and emotional needs and helped children learn society’s norms and values through primary socialisation.
- Revise: Family roles and sociological perspectives
The breadwinning role, associated by Parsons with the male partner in a nuclear family.