CRTF #10 Conjugal Roles and Domestic Chores Factor: 6. Non-Decisions
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- Conjugal Roles and Domestic Chores Factors: 6. Non-Decisions
- They are based on taken-for-granted assumptions, for example women should take primary responsibility for childcare
- It is often taken for granted that the mans job is more impotent than his partners, since they will probably give up paid employment when the couple have children
- Many actions do not involve conscious decisions - as such, they can be seen as "non-decisions"
- In terms of domestic labour, there are a number of non-decisions. The following are traditionally seen as women's work:
- Childcare
- Washing, cleaning and ironing
- Emotional Work
- Often there is little or no discussion because those involved are simply following social norms which are largely unquestioned
- Mansfield and Collard - 1998
- In terms on this non-decision men have more power than women
- Suggests that men gain and women lose from the taken-for-granted assumption that men's jobs should take priority over women's jobs
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