The distribution of home and care work as a proof of equality in couple relationships
This article presents some of the results of a larger qualitative piece of research about negotiations in egalitarian couples. More specifically, it focuses on the negotiations about the housework and care work, since its distribution works as a thermometer for gender equality. According to the resp...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Spanish |
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Universidad de Alicante
2014-06-01
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| Series: | Feminismo/s |
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| Online Access: | https://feminismos.ua.es/article/view/2014-n23-el-reparto-de-los-trabajos-domesticos-y-de-cuidados-como-termometro-de-la-paridad-en-las-relaciones-de-pareja |
| Summary: | This article presents some of the results of a larger qualitative piece of research about negotiations in egalitarian couples. More specifically, it focuses on the negotiations about the housework and care work, since its distribution works as a thermometer for gender equality. According to the respondents, work distribution is not explicitly negotiated; it is rather defined as a ‘natural’, non-premeditated distribution, because this explicitness would confront the ideal of romantic love in our society. Yet, the female interviewees express a wish for change and reveal an underlying conflict: the lack of open negotiation leads to an unequal distribution based on traditional gender roles, thus impeding progress on gender equality. |
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| ISSN: | 1696-8166 1989-9998 |