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The Second Shift: Working Parents and the Revolution at Home

Arlie Russell Hochschild, Anne Machung

A close study of working couples reveals why paid employment did not end women's second shift at home, and how care, gratitude, and workplace rules shape marriage.

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18 parts, about 33 minutes to read.

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Author
Arlie Russell Hochschild, Anne Machung
Parts
18 parts
Reading time
about 33 minutes
The whole book
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What the summary covers

  1. A Speed up in the Family2 min
  2. Marriage in the Stalled Revolution2 min
  3. The Cultural Cover up1 min
  4. Joey's Problem: Nancy and Evan Holt2 min
  5. Frank and Carmen Delacorte1 min
  6. Peter and Nina Tanagawa2 min
  7. Ann and Robert Myerson2 min
  8. Seth and Jessica Stein2 min
  9. Anita and Ray Judson2 min
  10. The 'His' and 'Hers' of Sharing2 min
  11. No Time Together1 min
  12. Sharing Showdown and Natural Drift2 min
  13. Strategies and Strains2 min
  14. Tensions in Marriage in an Age of Divorce2 min
  15. Men Who Do and Men Who Don't2 min
  16. The Working Wife as Urbanizing Peasant2 min
  17. Stepping into Old Biographies or Making History Happen?2 min
  18. Research on Housework and Childcare2 min

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  • Puts it into practiceInvisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

    Hochschild advocates paid leave to support fathers in sharing care; Criado Perez describes Sweden's reserved leave for fathers, which is lost rather than transferred to mothers if fathers do not take it.

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