ECONOMIC DEPENDENCY, GENDER, AND THE DIVISION-OF-LABOR AT HOME
ECONOMIC DEPENDENCY, GENDER, AND THE DIVISION-OF-LABOR AT HOME
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DOI：
10.1086/230577
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发表时间：
1994-11-01
影响因子：
4.4
通讯作者：
BRINES, J
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作者：
BRINES, J
为什么家务劳动仍然是“女人的工作”？一些学者认为，经济上的依赖迫使妻子用无偿劳动换取丈夫收入的一部分。另一些人则认为妻子做家务而丈夫避免做家务是为了象征性地表现她们的女性气质或男性气质。本文对这两种观点进行了考察，发现在妻子之间，家务劳动与婚姻收入转移之间的联系符合经济交换规则。然而，丈夫在经济上越依赖妻子，他做的家务就越少。看来，通过做更少的家务，经济上依赖的丈夫也“做性别”。''
Why does housework remain ''women's work''? Some scholars argue that economic dependency compels wives to exchange unpaid labor for a share of the husband's income. Others claim that wives perform housework-and husbands avoid it-to enact symbolically their femininity or masculinity. This article examines both perspectives and finds that among wives the link between housework and the transfer of earnings in marriage complies with rules of economic exchange. However, the more a husband relies on his wife for economic support, the less housework he does. It appears that by doing less housework, economically dependent husbands also ''do gender.''