Are couples becoming more equal? Flashcards
What effect does having women in paid work have on the division of domestic labour?
Makes it more equal.
What did Sullivan (2000) find?
Women now do less domestic work, men do more traditional women’s tasks, and more couples have an equal division of labour.
What do feminists believe about women working?
They now carry a dual burden of paid work and domestic work.
Why do women carry a dual burden?
Many couples still follow traditional gender lines.
Who usually takes responsibility for children?
Mothers.
What did Dex and Ward (2007) find?
Only 1% of fathers took the main responsibility for caring for a sick child.
Which sociologists believed there was a triple shift?
Duncombe and Marsden (1995)
What is the triple shift?
The idea that women are taking on not only a dual burden, but a triple shift of emotion work, domestic labour and paid work.
What is the cultural or ideological explanation for the gender division of labour?
The idea that patriarchal cultural norms shape gender roles. Women perform more domestic labour because this is what society expects and has socialised them to do.
What is the material or economic explanation?
Women earn less than men so it’s economically rational for them to do more domestic labour while men spend more time making money.
What did Ramos (2003) find out?
Where a woman is the full-time breadwinner and the man is unemployed, they do equal amounts of domestic labour.
