What is ‘housework’‚ and what changes are occurring in this area of work today? Broadly speaking‚ the term ‘housework’ is used to describe the management of the home‚ which ‘involves a range of activities‚ the purpose of which is to maintain household members’ (Hatt 1997: 39). Hatt discusses how the industrial revolution and the rise of capitalism created a tidal wave of mass social change; causing production to shift from within the household to the factory. The home is now the site of the ‘reproduction’
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Topic: Why do women still do most of the housework even in those households where both partners are in full-time employment? Alexandra Fletcher Submitted as a Introduction to Sociology Date Due: 9th May 2011 Tutor: Dr. Danika Benison The rights of women have changed dramatically since the 1950’s. It began with obtaining the right to vote in 1908 and since then Governments have enacted Equal Employment Opportunity Acts and Anti- Discrimination
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has increased exponentially. Women are gaining more and more equality in the social‚ economic and political affairs‚ but gender inequity within the home regarding the division of household labor remains. Women are still primarily responsible for housework and childcare. Arlie Russell Hochschild’s concept of the “second shift” describes the situation of many women today. The “second shift” refers to all the chores and tasks that women are expected to complete concerning maintenance of the home and
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nurturing/emotional side. The functionalist and new right view on housework states that women should be responsible for being housewives as they have a nurturing character‚ they also argue that men are natural bread winners and that is how it is meant to be. They go on to state how both roles are important and that both husbands and wives should have responsibility for just one shift. Feminists say that men need to take more responsibility for housework‚ and that the burden left on women is unfair‚ this is
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Segregated roles where the husband and wife do not share housework‚ childcare‚ decisions and leisure time‚ and Joint roles‚ where the husband and wife do share housework‚ childcare‚ decisions and leisure time. Willmott and Young argued that husbands and wives increasingly shared both leisure and decision-making and that their relationships were becoming more symmetrical. A survey they completed in 1973 showed that 72% of men did housework other than washing the dishes at least once a week. However
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responsibilities. As the government isn’t already in enough debt‚ who would pay a parent while they do their housework. Even though many people have been writing about this issue in the New York Times‚ I believe it’s a bad idea to pay people for housework. Wages for housework is where one of the parents or guardians stay home while they would take care of their children and follow through on housework. By paying this individual‚ many are presuming that both adults don’t already have better paying jobs
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Assess sociological explanations for inequalities between husband and wives Domestic division of labour is referred to the roles that both men and women play in comparison to housework. There are 2 types of roles called conjugal roles and joint roles. Conjugal roles are where partners have different tasks within the family so there is a clear division of male and female roles. However joint roles is where partners share their roles so there is few divisions in the family making the household more
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segregated conjugal roles and towards joint conjugal roles and the ‘symmetrical family’ where roles of the women and the man are much more similar. Such as‚ Women now go out to work‚ although this may be part-time rather than full-time‚ men now help with housework and childcare‚ couples now spend their leisure time together rather than with work friends but more home-centred. In a study of families they conducted in London‚ they found symmetrical families were more common among younger couples‚ those who are
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question. In Western countries of Asian countries‚ women do not want to let their men stay at home and do housework. However‚ others have a tendency to let their men become a stay-at-home dad. As a Vietnamese‚ I believe that my husband should go out to earn money and support for my family. Speaking of society‚ if I become the breadwinner of the family and my husband stays at home and does housework‚ he will feel that he is looked down on by our neighbors‚ my colleagues and my parents. Because of the
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will learn how to describe their housework activities with specific vocabulary __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE To create a good enviroment between T and SS using vocabulary related with the lesson PROCEDURE TIME MATERIAL SKILLS EVALUATION TEACHER’S NOTES OR METHODOLOGY Warm up T will talk about his experiences doing the housework and he will encourage SS to share
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