Feminism and the Family
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- Feminism and the Family
- The Family as a Place of Work
- Housework is unpaid work
- Men benefit from hosuework
- Oakley- housework is hard, routine and unrewarding and it remains the primary responsibility for women
- The myth of the symmetrical family
- Feminists like Young and Willmot disagree with the notion that there is growing equality between partners in the family
- It is still mainly women who:
- perform most household and childcare tasks
- make sacrifices to buy children clothes an make sure other family members are fed
- are less likely to make the most important decisions in the family
- are more likely to give up paid work. many women now work both outside the home and inside so in effect they have 2 jobs to their male partner's one
- The greater dependency of women on men's earnings
- Average pay of women is only about 85% of that of men, largely linked to their traditional role as housewife and mother
- Women more likely to be victims of domestic violence
- The Family as a Place of Work
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