|
|
Article: The 50/50 myth.(sharing responsibility within a household)
- Article from:
- Redbook
- Article date:
- March 1, 1999
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1999 Hearst Communications, reprinted with permission of Hearst. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Why even good husbands fail to do enough
We work. Men work. We make money. Men make money. We pay the bills. Men pay the bills. We clean the house. Men ...? We bathe the baby. And men ...?
Editor's note: Sociologist Arlie Hochschild's 1989 book, The Second Shift, made history by revealing that despite women's solid foothold in the full-time workforce, they were still responsible for domestic chores and childcare. Now comes a new groundbreaking book, Halving It All, by Francine M. Deutsch, Ph.D., a professor of psychology and education at Mount Holyoke College, that documents exactly how two-income couples divvy up domestic and childcare ...