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- - - - feminism waves-> suffragette movements-> votes/legal equality
      - women are now better educated-> gets them into higher paying jobs so the workload is shared
      - changes in women’s positions: married women out of work- bringing 2nd wage raising standards of living
      - geographical mobility: more couples living away from areas they grew up in meaning theyre socially isolated + more likely to have a symmetrical relationshio
      - new tech + labour-saving devices: makes housework easier so that men can also do it
- - - - Gershuny: greater chance of equal housework if also done by parents- highlights importance of parental role models + social values adapting to female employment which enables men doing domestic work
      - British Social Attitudes Survey (2013): little change in labour division + women primarily responsible for laundry in 70% of 2012 households whilst 75% of men doing small repairs
      - Dunne: labour division from 'gender scripts' + different gender expectations in straight couples- they don't operate the same with lesbian couples + evidence of symmetry: housework/childcare equal- equal importance given to careers and positive view of kids
    - - Man Yee Kan: for every £10,000 a year a woman earns, she does 2 hours less housework a week
      - Ramos: when the women is the full-time breadwinner and the man is unemployed he does as much domestic labour as her
      - Sullivan: trend towards greater equality as men did more domestic work- data collected + data collected 1975/87/97