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To what extent does the data on employment patterns and earnings suggest that, whatever their role may have been in the past, male manual workers are unlikely to beviable breadwinners in the near future?
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To what extent does the data on employment patterns and earnings suggest that, whatever their role may have been in the past, male manual workers are unlikely to be viable breadwinners in the near future? The western male breadwinner family model is based upon the deeply rooted assumption that "...the public and the private sphere should be seen in terms of an essentially gendered opposition." (Rose in Janssens/1998/p3) The assumption declares that the traditional and proper place for a man is in long-term employment providing for his family, whilst leaving his wife at home in the domestic/private sphere tending to the needs of the household and children. These values have been embedded in industrial society through legislative means as well as through cultural expectations. Although throughout the twentieth century historical events such as the two world wars, and social movements such as the development of the feminist perspective have challenged the...
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