Abstract
Chapter 2 reviews the extant theory and research on domestic labor including scholarship on relative resources, time availability, gender ideology, national context, and doing gender. It then argues that all of these theories are inadequate to explain how some couples are able to achieve equality, and proposes instead to examine the everyday interactions by which couples undo gender.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Creating Equality at Home |
Subtitle of host publication | How 25 Couples around the World Share Housework and Childcare |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 8-28 |
Number of pages | 21 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781108597319 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781108708845 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Jan 2020 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© Cambridge University Press 2020
Keywords
- cross-cultural
- doing gender
- domestic labor
- family policy
- gender ideology
- relative resources
- time availability
- undoing gender