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Division of Labour - Coggle Diagram
Division of Labour
Cultural Explanation
Overview:
Our society is built on patriarchal norms &values, where women do domestic work and men get money.
Gershuny:
found that if parents have an equal divide in domestic labour then their children will have an equal divide in labour
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Government surveys:
found that 10% of men under 35 think men are better, compared to 30% of men over 35 believe in equality. Showing that societal values and norms are changing within younger generations
Childcare:
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Dex + Ward
found that 78% of fathers played with their children & only 1% of fathers took the main responsibility of caring for a sick child
Russel Hochschild
argues that women have to work three shifts (work, domestic labour, and emotional work)
Dale Southerton
when there is a child, men's free time is not interrupted by childcare. however, a women's free time is disrupted by childcare
Material Explanation
Kan
found that women who make over $10,000 do 2 hours less domestic work
Arber + Jay
found that middle class women were able to by factory made, labour saving items, such as ready made meals and washing machines, this meant they spent less time on domestic labour.
Ramos
found that even when the woman was the only one working in the relationship, she still did the same amount of domestic labour compared to other housewives
Sullivan
found that if women work full time they do less domestic work, and women working part time do more domestic work.
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