Mothers Pay More for Their Daughters: Gender Roles in Family Life
In sociology, the motherhood penalty is well documented: women’s earnings often decline after having children, while men’s earnings remain relatively […]
Families and Households
domestic division of labour
Families and Households
Home working reinforces traditional domestic roles…
but flexible work hours leads to more gender equality at home.
Families and Households, gender equality at home
Parenting, childcare and gender equality
Parenting is getting more equal, but is still not equal, for example in 2022 women did 30 minutes more childcare per day than their male partners.
Families and Households, Feminism, Sex and gender, surveys
How equal are men and women in relationships these days? Student survey results
Women who do the lioness’s share of the housework, but men and women seem to have equal control over the
Families and Households, Sex and gender
Gender equality in the domestic division of labour
Domestic work has been distributed more equally since the 1950s, but women still shoulder the majority of housework and childcare responsibilities. Although new technologies and women’s increasing participation in paid work have contributed to balancing the load, there is evidence of a lingering dual burden for women. Factors such as ethnicity, education, and social class also influence these dynamics.