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1. march of progress (GERNSHUNY + SULLIVAN)
women working mean there IS an equal division of labour @ home... GERNSHUNY: women working has led equal division of labour-time studies show working women do less domestic tasks...SULLIVAN: analysis of data found men do more 'traditional' women task
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2. feminists
believe couples ARE NOT becoming more equal... even though men partake in some domestic tasks *women now have a DUAL BURDEN: domestic + payed work*... BSAS (British Social Attitudes Survey)- men did 8 HOURS of housework per week... women did 13 HOURS
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3. feminists (taking responsibility for children) *SMITH + FERRY* and *WARD + DEX*
SMITH + FERRI: 4% of husbands took responsibility for children... WARD + DEX: found 1% of fathers took responsibility for a sick child... EMOTION WORK: mothers have to take responsability for managing the emotions of the family (eg, managing fights)
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4. feminists (responsibility for quality time)
believe women take responsibility for quality time...in modern society there are flexible working patterns= peoples time becoming more 'de-routinised'... men's LT= blocks that are uninterrupted...women's LT= multi-tasking with childcare..TRIPLE SHIFT
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5. CULTURAL explanations of inequality (explaining domestic division of labour)
patriarchal norms + values shape gender roles in our culture... eg, women are expected to do housework because they have been socialised into these roles.
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7. MATERIAL explanations of inequality (explaining the gender division of labour)
men EARN MORE than women... (more economically rational) this means that women should do more domestic work while the man goes out to work and earns more money... if women join the labour force than they will earn as much as men and become equal
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8. material explanations of inequality: EVIDENCE
1) ARBER + GIN: found wealthy, middle class women buy new technology (labour saving devices) meaning they spend less time doing domestic tasks... 2) RAMOS: when women are full time workers & man is unemployed= man does same domestic tasks as women
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9. material + cultural explanations of social inequality: CONCUSION
1) evidence to suggest women in paid work leads to more equality in the division of labour... 2) feminists argue that women still have a dual burden and are responsible... 3) feminists argue that patriarchal norms + values control gender roles.
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