"Raising Him . . . to Pull His Own Weight": Boys' Household Work in Single-Mother Households

Autor/inn/en	Berridge, Clara W.; Romich, Jennifer L.
Titel	"Raising Him . . . to Pull His Own Weight": Boys' Household Work in Single-Mother Households
Quelle	In: Journal of Family Issues, 32 (2011) 2, S.157-180 (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0192-513X
DOI	10.1177/0192513X10380832
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Sex Role; Housework; Males; One Parent Family; Low Income Groups; Family Relationship; Gender Issues; Adolescents; Expectation; Experience; Child Rearing; Stereotypes; Socialization; Longitudinal Studies; Ethnography; Middle School Students; Focus Groups; Washington; Wisconsin + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Geschlechterrolle; Hausarbeit; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Single parent family; Ein-Eltern-Familie; Geschlechterfrage; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Expectancy; Erwartung; Erfahrung; Kindererziehung; Klischee; Socialisation; Sozialisation; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Ethnografie; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin
Abstract	In this study, the authors examine boys' household work in low- and moderate-income single-mother families. Through describing the work that boys do, why they do this work, and the meaning that they and their mothers give to this work, they add to the understanding of housework as an arena for gender role reproduction or interruption. Their data reveal that adolescent boys did a significant amount of work and took pride in their competence. Mothers grounded their expectations of boys' household contributions in life experience. They both needed their sons' day-to-day contributions and wanted their sons to grow into men who were competent around the house and good partners. In demanding household work from their sons, these single mothers themselves work to undermine the traditional gendered division of such labor. (Contains 1 note.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10