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Day: July 15, 2018

Jul 15
How Same-Sex Couples Divide Housework, and What It Says About Society

BEYOND BREADWINNERS AND HOMEMAKERS, WE NEED TO EXAMINE HOW SAME-SEX COUPLES DIVIDE HOUSEWORK. Housework is often understood as a gendered negotiation based on the traditional roles of homemaker (feminine) and breadwinner (masculine). While gender norms have shifted dramatically in the past few decades, theories of housework are still stuck on this 1950s model. Shifting family […]