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- Title
Back to the Basics: Trends in and Role Determinants of Women's Attitudes Toward Housework.
- Authors
Robinson, John P.; Milkie, Melissa A.
- Abstract
The article discusses whether changes in women's roles have been accompanied by a psychological disinvestments in housework over time. Recent work suggests that most women in the U.S. have or feel they must have responsibility for the home's maintenance, regardless of other demands. Additionally, several researchers have documented that becoming angry with significant others like husbands may not be a legitimate or possible solution to role strains because of economic and emotional dependence on them. Thus, the authors argue that role overload and conflicts over the division of labor may be expressed in terms of unhappiness with home cleanliness. They also suggest that women may be unhappy with the contributions of other household members. However, they may not perceive or explain it as a problem of relations, but as dissatisfaction with the home itself. In some ways, women in the U.S. seem to view house cleaning and its outcomes more positively than in the 1970s. However, there is evidence that standard for cleanliness may be lower today than at that time.
- Subjects
HOME economics; WOMEN; ATTITUDE (Psychology); HOUSEHOLDS; HOUSEKEEPING; HOUSE cleaning
- Publication
Journal of Marriage & Family, 1998, Vol 60, Issue 1, p205
- ISSN
0022-2445
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/353452