couples- becoming equal 2 Flashcards
impact of paid work
women going to work>equality between couples, men more involved ind demesitc work+less people think working/earing money is mans responsibility
femsits/oakley reject impact of paid work
women now carry out dual burden (domestic/paid)
ferri/smith 1996-nucleur
fathers
fathers take responsibility of childcare in less than 4% families
dex/ward 2007
78% fathers play with 3yo, 1% care for when sick
emotion work/tripple shift
Hochschild
says its another aspect of carers role
emotion work/tripple shift
dunscambe/marsden
its a third stand of women’s role- working women have triple shift- paid/domestic/emotional
cultural explanation of division of labour
determined by patriachle norms/values society expects women to perform domestic labour, socialised from young ages(dolls/bedrrom)
material explanation for division of labour
women earn less money than men > economically beneficial hosuehold/childcare, man’breadwinner’ brings largest proportional money. +biological differences/higher paying masc roles
taking reasonability for quality time
mothers: coordinating/scheduling quality time. men/women have almost same amounts of leisure time but men-blocks uninterrupted, women:punctuated by childcare, multitasking dual burden.
homosexuals/cohabiting couples:dunne
studied 37 cohabiting lesbian couples with child-more likely to-share houshold/childcare equaly,vewi childcare as positive, ascribe equal importance to careers
dune 1999
inequality of divine of labour arises because of deeply ingrained ‘gender scripts’