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I intend to investigate the concept of the 'double shift' of labour as experienced by women.
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Hypothesis / Aim I intend to investigate the concept of the 'double shift' of labour as experienced by women. Despite increasing female participation in the labour market most research points out that the responsibility for housework and childcare still lies with women. This has inspired me for further investigation. Secondly, most sociologists' studies deal with time spent on domestic labour and types of tasks performed by gender. The idea of '2' jobs carried out by women has a slightly different emphasis, which I am interested in investigating 84 words Context/ Concepts An Official report, Social Focus on Men and Women, (1998) found that the traditional distinction between the man's role as 'breadwinner' and the woman's role as 'homemaker' is becoming less clear cut in the terms of women role at work. This represents a dramatic change in recent years. Despite this, they found that while the 'New Woman' is apparently prepared to...
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