Creating equality at home: How 25 couples around the globe share housework and childcare

Deutsch, Francine and Gaunt, Ruth (2020) Creating equality at home: How 25 couples around the globe share housework and childcare. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge UK. ISBN 978-1108708845

Full content URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108597319

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Creating Equality at Home tells the fascinating stories of 25 couples around the world whose everyday decisions about sharing the housework and childcare – from who cooks the food, washes the dishes, and helps with homework, to who cuts back on paid work – all add up to a gender revolution. From North and South America to Europe, Asia, and
Australia, these couples tell a story of similarity despite vast cultural differences. By rejecting the prescription that men’s identities are determined by paid work and women’s by motherhood, the couples show that men can put family first and are as capable of nurturing as women, and that women can pursue careers as seriously as their husbands do –
bringing profound rewards for men, women, marriage, and children. Working couples with children will discover that equality is possible and exists right now.

Keywords:Gender, Parenting, Fatherhood, Motherhood, Division of labour
Subjects:L Social studies > L300 Sociology
L Social studies > L216 Feminism
C Biological Sciences > C880 Social Psychology
L Social studies > L320 Gender studies
Divisions:College of Social Science > School of Psychology
ID Code:44636
Deposited On:29 Apr 2021 11:21

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