The second shift

Question 1

what is the second shift

Answer 1

household and childcare duties that follow the day’s work for pay outside the home

Question 2

stalled revolution

Answer 2

women joining the paid workforce with an uncooperative workplace and unchanging gender norms

Question 3

what were the research methods employed?

Answer 3

Ethnographic research went and lived with the families, qualitative research

Question 4

3 gender ideologies

Answer 4

traditional, egalitarian, transitional

Question 5

how did the steins divide up domestic labor?

Answer 5

There was little to no division, with Mrs. Stein working full-time and caring for all domestic labor within the household

Question 6

which gender ideologies were used by the Stein family?

Answer 6

Mrs. Egalitarian
Mr. Transitional

Question 7

gender strategies of the stein family

Answer 7

• Hired help
• emotional absenteeism
• hard-driving type- a work ethic

Question 8

traditional gender ideology

Answer 8

women should be caretakers and homemakers while men should be bread winners

Question 9

egalitarian gender ideology

Answer 9

both the man and women hold equal roles inside and outside the house, shared power

Question 10

transitional gender ideology

Answer 10

man is still dominant but supports his wife with both worlds, views man’s job as more important

Question 11

how is agency brought up in the second shift?

Answer 11

through gender strategies

Question 12

how did the holts divide up domestic labor?

Answer 12

They shared cooking, cleaning, and childcare responsibilities. But it was more common for Mr. Holt to do outside labor. This close-to-equal share of domestic labor did not come easy.

Question 13

how did the Delacortes divide domestic labor?

Answer 13

Mr. Delacorte works a high paying job while Mrs. Delacorte is a stay at home mom, and takes care of all of the domestic labor

Question 14

what gender ideologies were used by the holt family

Answer 14

Mrs. Egalitarian
Mr. Transitional

Question 15

What gender ideologies were used by the Delacorte family?

Answer 15

Mr. Traditional
Mrs. Traditional

Question 16

gender strategies of the holt family

Answer 16

• upstairs/downstairs myth
• passive resistance
• dog care
• withholding sex

Question 17

gender strategies of the Delacorte family

Answer 17

• calculated incompetence
• myth of “frank does little around the house”

Question 18

problems stein family faced

Answer 18

• lack of appreciation for Mrs. Stein’s work
• balancing work and responsibilities
• Mrs. Stein feels pressure to prioritize family over work

Question 19

problems Holt family faced

Answer 19

• Mrs. holt feeling pressure and judgment for not prioritizing family over career
• pressure to conform to traditional gender roles
• balancing time as a family with work, and time with each other
  It the problems that come AFTER slightly achieving equal domestic labor.

Question 20

problems Delacorte family faced

Answer 20

• Mrs. Delacorte feels unappreciated for being a stay-at-home mom, causing stress and burnout
• they have trouble finding time to spend as a family
• Mrs. Delacorte balancing her own needs with family

Question 20

what did Hochschild discover through her research?

Question 21

describe some pro-family policies discussed by Hochschild