Are couples becoming more equal?

• gershuny (1994) march of progress view


  women working full time is leading to a more equal division of labour
• allen (1985) 


  women do tasks that are less intrinsically satisfying
• boulton (1983)


  mother is responsible for child's security and wellbeing
• ferri and Smith (1996)


  fathers took responsibility for care in less than 4percent of households
• Dec Dec and ward (2007)


  only 1 percent of fathers care for sick kids
• hochschild (2013) emotional work
• duncombe and marsden (1995) triple shift
• gershuny (1994) couples whose parents had an equal relationship are also more likely to share housework
• dunne (1999) lesbian couples had more equal share of labour
• gerson (1985) women who worked full time were more likely to have husbands that did the same amount of housework as them