WGS160Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Nanny, Social Capital, United Nations System
26 Mar 2016
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Guided reading questions: what do you think global women"s strike organizer selma. James meant when she said unwaged housework is the heart of every economic sector? : coltrane, scott. (1989). Household labour and the routine production of gender. This paper explores how twenty dual-earner couples with school-aged children talk about sharing child care and housework. In about half of the families, fathers are described as performing many tasks traditionally performed by mothers, but remaining in a helper role. In the other families, fathers are described as assuming equal responsibility for domestic chores. With reference to the parents" accounts of the planning, allocation, and performance of household labour, i investigate the social conditions and interactional processes that facilitate equal sharing. I describe how the routine practice of sharing child care and an ongoing marital conversation socialize the parents and help them to construct an image of the father as a competent care giver.
