... been a large amount of equality between men and women. Young and Willmott also suggest that symmetrical families are opposite but sill similar stating that the husband and wife might still complete different task but there is still a fair division of roles and contribution around the house. Another aspect of the Symmetrical family is that the role of the 'breadwinner' is ... there is evidence that men are starting to share the domestic roles in the home however, majority of those roles are still segregated and are still dependant on females to complete. This supports Oakley's theor...

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