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Why is there unequal division of household labour in most of the society?
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The BA (Hons) Art and Design in Education SD377 Current Issues in Art & Design Education Lecturer: Verdy Leung Essay topic: Why is there unequal division of household labour in most of the society? By Ho Shun Shing 03848738t In this article, we address the division of household labour by examining its general situation and exploring different approaches used by different sociologist to account for it. The five approaches are namely exchange theory, resource theory, Marxist feminist theory, radical feminist theory and social construction theory will be discussed. With the evidence of previous researches, the situation of division of household labour is explored and evaluated in terms of its degree of gender inequality as manifested. In the second part, the situation is being accounted by those five approaches so as to determine whether the situation can be altered. Household labour can be defined in a variety of ways, however, in this article, we acquire those employed...
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