Domestic Labour

Question 1

Gershuny ‘lagged adaptation’

Answer 1

Temporary delay between female engagement in employment and male engagement in domestic labour. He said men will eventually adapt to equality in the domestic sphere but it may take a while.

Question 2

Oakley

Answer 2

Young and Wilmott misinterpreted the difference between domestic help and domestic responsibility

Question 3

Wade and Hetherington ‘sexual stereotyping’

Answer 3

Women were 30x more likely to do the washing up and men were 4x more likely to wash the car. Men did ‘traditional female tasks’ when they were alone.

Question 4

Wade and Hetherington inequality in domestic chores

Answer 4

65% of women and 33% of men found the distribution of household tasks as unfair

Question 5

Feminists and expressive tasks

Answer 5

Feminists say household chores don’t offer women the opportunity to express themselves and feel a sense of achievement