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Reconciliation and social segmentation strategies: a double inequality

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Resumo:The incorporation ofwomen into the labour market has implied a reorganisation ofthe gender division of work, but has not released women from the performance oftheir traditional role with regard to tasks in the domestic and caring fields. In orderto be able to do this double day’s work, women—occasionally with the participationof their spouses—choose strategies to enable them to reconcile these dimensions.This article presents these strategies and relates them with both structuralsociological variables, such as social position and occupation, and gender ideology.The author’s goal is to determine the articulation between the two, and their linksto inequality.
Autores principais:Alcañiz, Mercedes
Assunto:Articles
Ano:2013
País:Portugal
Tipo de documento:artigo
Tipo de acesso:acesso aberto
Instituição associada:ISCTE-IUL
Idioma:inglês
Origem:Sociologia, Problemas e Práticas
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Resumo:The incorporation ofwomen into the labour market has implied a reorganisation ofthe gender division of work, but has not released women from the performance oftheir traditional role with regard to tasks in the domestic and caring fields. In orderto be able to do this double day’s work, women—occasionally with the participationof their spouses—choose strategies to enable them to reconcile these dimensions.This article presents these strategies and relates them with both structuralsociological variables, such as social position and occupation, and gender ideology.The author’s goal is to determine the articulation between the two, and their linksto inequality.