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This 4 page paper looks at 2 articles written in the 1970’s concerning the role of women and their subjugation and assesses whether or not there have been any changes over the subsequent 40 years. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
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on the part of men that it is unfair for women to do all the work there is a general resistance, either passive or more proactive to avoid taking on
the housework tasks. It is further argued that the level of restrained on the part of the men may be a way of measuring the level of the subjugation of
the woman undertaking that task (Mainardi, 1970). Syfers (1971) argues that household duties, such as housework and caring duties and keeping the rest of the family organized are preventing
women from being independent as well as satisfy the sexual needs of their husbands. It may be argued that these articles, written forty years ago are reflective of
an the age, when men and women roles were more genderized and gender equality legislation was still in relativity early stages and social attitudes were still catching up (McKendrick, 2007).
However, when looking at the Time Use Survey there does not appear to be the progress, with the idea of duty sharing still remaining more rhetoric than reality. The
Time Use Survey was used to compare the use of time for women in 1992 with 2006, with no notable change in the amount of time spent on household and
family chores, which remained twice the level of the men (ABS Australian Social Trends, 2009). If anything this is an indicator that women are becoming more subjugated with increases in
the average level of paid work, but no decrease with work in the home. Pressures, including economic pressures to increase household income have increased, forcing more women into work or
long work hours, either full time or part time, but there is not a trend to the easing of home duties that are expected of women (Haralambos and Holborn, 2004).
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