Feminism

• Oakley 1974: Young and Willmott's march of progress is exaggerated
• Boulton 1983: fewer than 20% of husbands has a major role in housework
• BSA 2018: men on average 8hrs of housework vs women with 13hrs with 60% of women thinking division of labour unjust
• Warde and Hetherington 1993: sex typing in households remains strong
• Allan 1985: female tasks less intrinsically satisfying
• Boulton 1983: mother usually takes responsibility for childcare
• Ferri and Smith 1996: fathers take care of childcare in less than 4% of families
• Hochschild 2013: women take on emotional work
• Dunscombe and Marsden 1995: women take on a triple shift

  1. emotional work
  2. housework
  3. childcare