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- Title
American Househusbands: New Time Use Evidence of Gender Display, 2003-2016.
- Authors
Kolpashnikova, Kamila
- Abstract
The traditional gendered division of household labor, where women did the bulk of all domestic labor, is eroding. The literature on housework, however, does not discuss the ways how to test for the non-traditional gender performances. Using the American Time Use Survey (2003-2016), the present study fills in this research gap and re-tests the relationship between relative earnings and the performance of housework. The analysis of women’s time spent on domestic work shows that the traditional gender display explanation still applies to women’s participation in routine tasks such as cooking and cleaning. Thus, breadwinning wives display gender neutralizing behavior and ‘do’ gender. On the other hand, American men show non-normative gender behavior in cooking and cleaning, but not in maintenance, where they still ‘do’ gender. This paper unveils a persistent traditional gender performance of women in housework and a new pattern for men’s involvement in indoor routine housework.
- Subjects
HOUSEHUSBANDS; HOMEMAKERS; UNITED States social conditions; STAY-at-home fathers; GENDER differences (Sociology)
- Publication
Social Indicators Research, 2018, Vol 140, Issue 3, p1259
- ISSN
0303-8300
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11205-017-1813-z