Couples and Equality

The march of progress - men are becoming more involved in domestic tasks and women are getting jobs
1. Gershuny - women working full time is leading to more equality and these women tend to do less domestic work
2. Sullivan - found that between 1975 to 1997 women were doing a smaller amount of domestic work
3. In 1984, 45% of men agreed that women should stay at home and men control the money. Where as in 2012 only 13% of men agreed
The Feminist View
1. Women are now having to carry a 'dual burden' this means they have to balance childcare, housework and a full/part time job
  1. In 2012, 70% of women always/usually do the laundry
    1. Only coming down by 9% since 1994
    2. 60% of women felt the division of labour was unfair
Responsibility of Children
1. Ferri and Smith - fathers took responsibility for childcare in fewer than 4% of families
2. Dex and Ward - when caring for a sick child only 1% took the main responsibility
3. Emotional work
  1. Women are mainly responsible for helping their children face eg. squabbles with friends
  2. Duncombe and Marsden - argue women face the triple shift (housework, paid work, emotion work)

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	Created by Amelia Simpson over 7 years ago