scholarly journals Gender Threat and Men in the Post-Trump World: The Effects of a Changing Economy on Men’s Housework

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-52
Author(s):  
Yasemin Besen-Cassino
Keyword(s):  
Heterosexual Couples ◽  
Economic Changes ◽  
Dual Earner ◽  
Division Of Housework ◽  
Gender Threat ◽  
Changing Economy

The article provides an overview of the effects of broader economic changes on the division of housework among dual earner heterosexual couples. It summarizes some of the broader methodological and theoretical trends in the field and calls for an interdisciplinary, intersectional approach in studying men today.

scholarly journals Doing Gender with Class: Gender Division of Unpaid Work in Russian Middle-Class Dual Earner Heterosexual Households

2021 ◽  
pp. 0192513X2110428
Author(s):  
Daria Ukhova
Keyword(s):  
Middle Class ◽  
Unpaid Work ◽  
Class I ◽  
Doing Gender ◽  
Heterosexual Couples ◽  
Masculinity And Femininity ◽  
Dual Earner ◽  
Division Of Housework ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Division Of Work

This article is concerned with examining the relation between gender division of unpaid work and class. Drawing on in-depth interviews with middle-class dual earner heterosexual couples conducted in Russia, I show how the gender division of housework and care could be shaped by processes of accountability not only to sex category (“doing gender”) but also to class category (“doing class”). I discuss how my interviewees perceived various gender contracts that have evolved in post-socialist Russia as profoundly classed. I further show how their resulting understandings of middle-class (in)appropriate ways of doing masculinity and femininity influenced the division of work in their families. Men were not only accountable as breadwinners but also as carers; while women, in addition to their caring roles, were accountable for their career and sex appeal. In several couples, this double gender and class accountability underpinned their comparatively more equal—although not necessarily more egalitarian—gender division of housework and care.

Perceived Housework Equity, Marital Happiness, and Divorce in Dual-Earner Households

2003 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle L. Frisco ◽  
Kristi Williams
Keyword(s):  
Marital Quality ◽  
Household Labor ◽  
Marital Happiness ◽  
Perceived Fairness ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Division Of Household Labor ◽  
Dual Earner ◽  
Division Of Housework ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
The Relationship

This study uses a nationally representative sample of individuals involved in dual-earner marriages to examine the relationship between perceived fairness of housework completion, marital happiness, and divorce. The authors expected to find that perceived inequality in the division of housework causes tension between spouses that leads to decreased marital quality for both men and women. They further speculated that an unfair division of household labor might contribute to a greater likelihood of divorce. Results indicate that perceived inequity in the division of household labor is negatively associated with both husbands[#X2019] and wives[#X2019]reported marital happiness but is positively associated with the odds of divorce among wives only. Little evidence indicates that marital happiness mediates this relationship. The authors propose that unfair perceptions of the division of household labor not only decrease women[#X2019]s marital quality but also lead to role strain that makes them more likely to end unsatisfying marriages.

scholarly journals The role of job-related spatial mobility in the household division of labor within couples in Germany and Poland

2010 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 308-330
Author(s):  
Heather Hofmeister ◽  
Lena Hünefeld ◽  
Celina Proch
Keyword(s):  
Division Of Labor ◽  
Job Mobility ◽  
The Self ◽  
Spatial Mobility ◽  
Dual Earner ◽  
Household Division Of Labor ◽  
National Differences ◽  
Oder Nicht ◽  
Division Of Housework

This paper will examine the self-reported division of housework and childcare in Germany and Poland considering the job-related spatial mobility within dual-earner couples who are living in a household together with a partner, using 2007 data from the Job Mobility and Family Lives in Europe Project. We find that men who are spatially mobile for work often report shifting housework to their partners. Polish couples show a stronger tendency toward an egalitarian division of labor than German couples do, especially in terms of childcare. But the central finding of this research is, gender trumps national differences and spatial mobility constraints. Polish and German women, whether mobile for their work or not, report doing the majority of housework and childcare compared to their partners. Zusammenfassung Dieser Artikel untersucht die Aufteilung von Hausarbeit und Kinderbetreuung auf Basis von Selbsteinschätzungen berufsbedingt räumlichmobiler sowie nicht mobiler Befragter in Deutschland und Polen. Anhand von Daten des Projektes Job Mobility and Family Lives in Europe (2007) betrachten wir Personen, die mit ihrem Partner in einem Doppelverdienerhaushalt leben. So geben beruflich mobile Männer häufig an, die Hausarbeit auf ihre Partner zu übertragen. Polnische Paare zeigen eine stärkere Tendenz zu einer egalitären Arbeitsteilung als deutsche, insbesondere im Hinblick auf die Kinderbetreuung. Das zentrale Ergebnis unserer Untersuchung ist jedoch, dass das Geschlecht sowohl Mobilitäts- als auch nationale Unterschiede überlagert. Sowohl polnische als auch deutsche Frauen, ob beruflich mobil oder nicht, übernehmen den Hauptanteil an der Hausarbeit und Kinderbetreuung.

scholarly journals Welchen Einfluss hat die Aufteilung von Hausarbeit und Kinderbetreuung auf Partnerschaftskonflikte und Partnerschaftszufriedenheit bei berufstätigen Paaren?

2011 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-56
Author(s):  
Nathalie Meuwly ◽  
Peter Wilhelm ◽  
Véronique Eicher ◽  
Meinrad Perrez
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Child Care ◽  
Relationship Satisfaction ◽  
Division Of Labor ◽  
Subjective Evaluation ◽  
Relationship Conflict ◽  
Subjektive Bewertung ◽  
Dual Earner ◽  
Division Of Housework ◽  
The Impact

Although women’s relationship satisfaction is known to covary with satisfaction regarding couples’ division of housework and child care, the factors mediating these associations are rarely examined. To test the hypothesis that relationship conflict mediates the link between housework and relationship satisfaction, 207 dual-earner couples with young children completed questionnaires about their relationship and how they divided housework and child care. Most couples were satisfied with the division of labor, and women did most of the housework and child care. For husbands and wives, dissatisfaction with division of housework and child care was associated with more perceived conflicts, which in turn covaried with lower relationship satisfaction. Division of housework was more strongly associated with relationship satisfaction for women than for men, but there were no gender differences for the impact of child care responsibilities on relationship satisfaction. In general, subjective evaluation of the division of labor had stronger effects on relationship conflicts and satisfaction than the division of labor itself. Zusammenfassung In bisherigen Studien zeigte sich, dass vor allem bei Frauen die Zufriedenheit mit der Arbeitsteilung mit der Partnerschaftszufriedenheit zusammenhängt. Ungeklärt ist, ob dieser Zusammenhang durch eine Reduktion des Konfliktpotentials in der Partnerschaft vermittelt wird und welche Rolle dabei die tatsächliche Aufteilung der Familienarbeit spielt. 207 Schweizer Doppelverdiener-Paare mit Kleinkindern wurden anhand von Fragebogen zu Partnerschaft und Arbeitsteilung befragt. Die familiäre Arbeitsteilung wurde überwiegend als zufriedenstellend erlebt, dabei verrichteten mehrheitlich die Frauen die Hausarbeit und betreuten die Kinder. Bei beiden Partnern war eine geringere Zufriedenheit mit der Aufteilung von Hausarbeit und Kinderbetreuung mit häufigeren Konflikten assoziiert, welche wiederum mit einer geringeren Partnerschaftszufriedenheit zusammenhingen. Im Gegensatz zur Kinderbetreuung waren die Effekte der Arbeitsteilung der Hausarbeit auf die Partnerschaft stärker für die Frauen als für die Männer. Dabei war die subjektive Bewertung der Arbeitsteilung bedeutender für die berichteten Konflikte und die Partnerschaftszufriedenheit als die tatsächliche Arbeitsteilung.

scholarly journals Working From Home and the Division of Housework and Childcare Among Dual Earner Couples During the Pandemic in the UK

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heejung Chung ◽  
Holly Birkett ◽  
Sarah Forbes ◽  
Hyojin Seo
Keyword(s):  
Home Schooling ◽  
Multivariate Regression Analysis ◽  
Mass Scale ◽  
Heterosexual Couples ◽  
Work From Home ◽  
Working From Home ◽  
Flexible Working ◽  
Division Of Housework ◽  
Childcare Policy ◽  
The Uk

This paper examines how working from home influenced the division of childcare and housework among dual earning heterosexual couples with children in the UK during the first wave of the COVID-19 lockdown. We use unique data gathered during the peak of the UK lockdown (May-June), when many employees were required to work from home, to see whether fathers flexible working was associated with a more equitable division of housework and childcare. We found mothers were more likely to be the ones carrying out more if not all of five of the six categories of housework and care we examined – namely, cooking, cleaning, routine and non-routine childcare, and the education of children/home-schooling, both before and during the lockdown. This was not the case for the DIY tasks. A multivariate regression analysis showed that when fathers worked from home or using flexitime during the lockdown, a more equal division was found for tasks such as cleaning, routine childcare, and to some extent home schooling. Furthermore, fathers who worked flexibly were more likely to report that they had increased the amount of time they spent on housework and care. Mothers also reported that fathers who worked from home increased the time they spent on routine childcare. Overall, the study shows how flexible working, including working from home among men, especially done on a mass scale where there are no negative assumptions or stigma behind its use, may lead to a more equitable distribution of housework and childcare. Policy makers should encourage more men to work from home in order to support families and women’s labour market participation during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

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