SOCL 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Parental Leave
6 Jun 2018
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Different Households
● Did whatever or what mom said
● Mom does pretty much everything
● Dad stayed at home, mom did laundry
● Divorced home, dad cooked but limited
● Mom stayed at home, dad helped some but with finances and grilling
● Dad does outdoor, mom does indoor
● Dad was “muscle”
● Moms do daily work, dads do occasional work
● Wives spend a lot more time on household chores than husbands
● Men do more outdoor tasks and auto. maintenance
● Men do about 1.25hr chores
● Women do about 2.5hr
● Fathers have more paid employment
● Mothers do more housework
● Women spend more time with kids
The “Second Shift”
● Even when a husband shares “second shift” duties, the wife feels guilty asking him to do
work around the house
○ She is supposed to feel “lucky” to have someone willing to help
Family, Work, and Class Inequality
● Women hire nannies or housekeepers, reduces household work, little to challenge
husbands’ behaviors
● Shift of what women think of as an ideal job (full time, part time, none) (half full time in
2012)
● Men think it’s ideal for a woman not to work at all
● 33% of public think mother shouldn’t work at all
The Pecking Order (Conley)
● Families with working moms, different gendered siblings equal later on
● Non-working mom daughters less likely to get college degree and earn less money
● Fathers have more leisure than mothers
Attitudes Toward Child Care
● 62% of child care activities are “very meaningful”
● 12% think child care is very tiring
● ½ dads think it’s hard to balance work and family
● 46% dads think they don’t spend enough time with kids
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Document Summary
Dad stayed at home, mom did laundry. Mom stayed at home, dad helped some but with finances and grilling. Moms do daily work, dads do occasional work. Wives spend a lot more time on household chores than husbands. Men do more outdoor tasks and auto. maintenance. Even when a husband shares second shift duties, the wife feels guilty asking him to do work around the house. She is supposed to feel lucky to have someone willing to help. Women hire nannies or housekeepers, reduces household work, little to challenge husbands" behaviors. Shift of what women think of as an ideal job (full time, part time, none) (half full time in. Men think it"s ideal for a woman not to work at all. 33% of public think mother shouldn"t work at all. Families with working moms, different gendered siblings equal later on. Non-working mom daughters less likely to get college degree and earn less money.
