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Housework: Division of Labor

Housework: Division of labor
JudyAulette, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Rationale

You have heard a lecture and read about how housework is divided in families. The sociological literature shows that housework is a problem in many households, because it is not divided equally or fairly. Often, women do most of the housework—even if they are in the paid labor force as well. This assignment has you think personally about what such a household should do (if anything) to change this situation. You will also place your thoughts in the context of a theoretical approach within sociology.

Instructions

  • Listen to a lecture and read the material about how housework is divided in families.
  • Write a response to the first item on the worksheet individually.
  • Listen to a lecture on the theoretical models that try to explain why housework is divided unequally.
  • Get into groups, read all of the paragraphs written by your group members, and try to decide which theoretical model best fits each.
  • Provide a short quote from your paragraph that provides evidence for the decision regarding your paragraph.

Grading

See your instructor for details about how this assignment will be graded.

Housework: Division of Labor

Worksheet

Name: _____

Imagine that you are a heterosexual in a household with a spouse. The woman is doing more than half of the housework. Write a paragraph explaining what you think needs to be done to address this inequity.

After listening to the lecture on the theoretical models that try to explain why housework is divided unequally, get into groups with two or three other students. Read all of the paragraphs that your group members wrote and decide into which theoretical model each best fits. Write the name of the theoretical model that your group decided your paragraph fits best.

Provide a short quote from the paragraph that provides evidence for your decision.

  • housework
  • households
  • listening
  • models and modeling
  • woman
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