The Division of Labor in the Home: Who Is Doing the Work?

Autor/inn/en	Temple, Lori L.; Colletto, Kim
Titel	The Division of Labor in the Home: Who Is Doing the Work?
Quelle	(1988), (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Attitudes; Differences; Employed Women; Housework; Sex Role; Sex Stereotypes; Spouses + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Attitude; Einstellung; Verhalten; Unterscheiden; 'Female employment; Women''s employment'; Frauenbeschäftigung; Hausarbeit; Geschlechterrolle; Ehepartner
Abstract	Recent predictions suggest that because of the increase in the number of women acquiring gainful employment, work in the home should be divided in more egalitarian ways. Recent research, however, has shown that traditional male tasks were more likely to be shared than were traditional female tasks. This study investigated further the "superwoman" syndrome by looking at who is doing the work in the home, as well as the trend toward traditionalism. Also, the division of labor in the homes of married persons was compared to that of unmarried persons. Subjects (N=266) were asked to specify who in the household performed 24 specific chores. Unmarried subjects were asked to predict how they would expect the chores would be divided. Results from the married subjects showed that traditional male tasks were more likely to be shared than were traditional female tasks. Data from the singles showed that males expected to share some of the traditional female tasks, whereas females expected the division of labor to fall along traditional lines. Previous predictions about the trend towards egalitarian divisions of labor were not confirmed. Instead, women seemed to be experiencing the "superwoman syndrome," having it all by doing it all. (The survey instrument is appended.) (Author/ABL)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC