domestic labour Flashcards
What did Mary Boulton discover? (1983)
in over 80% of families she studied, wives took main responsibility of children, taking time off work if they felt ill
most women felt that they had to put children’s needs before anything else they might do
men rarely made such sacrifices
What does research by Craig (2007) show?
women do between 1/3 - 1/2 more housework than men
inequality begins when couple moves in together, calls this ‘partnership penalty’ where women are penalised eg domestic chores
when having children, men see it as their job to get woman pregnant then she is penalised with ‘mother penalty’ raising the child–> impacts career eg glass ceiling
leads to ‘chore wars’
What does ‘chore wars’ mean?
there is unhappiness in the relationship due to distribution of chores
women feel exploited
60% of divorces initiated by women for unreasonable behaviour
Who studies decision making?
Edgell
What did Edgell find out about decision making?
allocates decision making in the nuclear family to 3 broad categories:
-very important decisions eg finance/moving, made by husband alone or jointly but with husband having final say
-important decisions eg holiday location, normally taken jointly or rarely by woman alone, man sees this as project
-less important decisions eg food shop, made exclusively by woman
What concepts does Oakley identify?
dual burden and triple burden
What does Duncombe and Marsden identify?
the triple shift
How does Oakley criticise Young and Willmott?
repeated research + received very different results
set out with a hypothesis that things had changed + wanted to prove it so were very selective about questions they asked
