Impact Of Paid Work

Question 1

Who identified the new man?

Answer 1

Gershuny

Question 2

Qualifies of the new man

Answer 2

Switched on with his emotions, involved in the family and home (housework and childcare and emotion work)

Question 3

What did the British social attitudes survey find in 2013?

Answer 3

A fall in the number of people who think it’s the man’s job to earn money and a women’s job to look after the home and family

Question 4

Ferri and Smith’s findings

Answer 4

Women acquired a dual burden of paid work and unpaid work. The family remains patriarchal as men benefit from women’s earnings and domestic labour

Question 5

Dex and Ward’s findings

Answer 5

Men take a large role when it comes to playing with children (78% involvement) but when it comes to caring for a sick child (1% involvement)

Question 6

Dunscombe and Marsden findings

Answer 6

Women perform a triple shift as they’re expected to perform emotion work on top of the dual burden

Question 7

Southerton view

Answer 7

Achieving quality family time is more difficult and the responsibility for scheduling this usually falls to the mother