The second shift : working parents and the revolution at home

Author(s)

• Hochschild, Arlie Russell
• Machung, Anne

Bibliographic Information

The second shift : working parents and the revolution at home

Arlie Hochschild ; with Anne Machung

（Avon books）

Avon Books, 1990

Note

Bibliography: p. 295-315

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

In this landmark study, sociologist Arlie Hochschild takes us into the homes of two-career parents to observe what really goes on at the end of the "work day." Overwhelmingly, she discovers, it's the working mother who takes on the second shift. Hochschild finds that men share housework equally with their wives in only twenty percent of dual-career families. While many women accept this inequity in order to keep peace, they tend to suffer from chronic exhaustion, low sex drive, and more frequent illness as a result. The ultimate cost is the forfeited health and happiness of both partners, and often the survival of the marriage itself.

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Details

• NCID: BA29801468
• ISBN:
  • 0380711575
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York, N.Y.
• Pages/Volumes: xx, 315 p.
• Size: 21 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HQ536
  • DC19 : 306.8/72
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Dual-career families -- United States
  • LCSH : Dual-career families -- United States -- Case studies
  • LCSH : Sex role -- United States
  • LCSH : Working mothers -- United States
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA23493410