Parenthood and traditional gender roles
Expiry Date
: 29/02/2028
CPD Units
: 3.00 Points
Rating
: 3/4
This study examines what happens to partners’ domestic labour and the gender housework gap when it is the female partner who is the relatively higher earner, specifically after the transition to parenthood.
Keywords: Work, employment, society, traditional norms
Reading material:
Educational Objectives
Educational Aim:
The aim of this article is to investigate the shape of the relationships between housework and spousal relative income separately for couples with and without children.
Educational Outcomes:
Upon completion of this module practitioners should have a clear understanding of:
- Gender deviance neutralization overrides the logic of efficient resource exchange specifically among parents.
- Contrary to the specialization and bargaining theories, a wife’s relatively higher income coincides with an even larger difference between her and his housework time.
- Children expand a mother’s housework hours more than a father’s, widening the housework gap; however, these effects are not uniform across spousal relative income.
Instructions for this Module
- Read the supplied reading material and complete the quiz that follows;
- You have three attempts to pass the quiz;
- The pass grade is 70%;
- You need to pass the quiz to claim your CPD certificate;
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