The Second Shift: Working Families and the Revolution at HomeFifteen years after its first publication, The Second Shift remains just as important and relevant today as it did then. As the majority of women entered the workforce, sociologist and Berkeley professor Arlie Hochschild was one of the first to talk about what really happens in dual-career households. Many people were amazed to find that women still did the majority of childcare and housework even though they also worked outside the home. Now, in this updated edition with a new introduction from the author, we discover how much things have, or have not, changed for women today. |
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User Review - Not Available - Book VerdictA sociological study of the two-career family. Hochschild conducted detailed interviews and home observations of 50 working couples raising children under six years of age to see how they balanced ... Read full review
Contents
FAMILY MYTHS | |
BEHIND THE FOOTSTEPS | |
A FAMILY MYTH AS SOLUTION | |
NANCYS PROGRAM TO SUSTAIN THE MYTH | |
A THIRD STAGE OF FATHERHOOD | |
GENDER IDEOLOGY FEELING RULES AND COPING WITH FEELINGS | |
THE DIRECT APPROACH | |
SUPERMOMING | |
CUTTING BACK AT WORK | |
SEEKING HELP | |
MENS STRATEGIES | |
COUPLES WHO CLASH | |
SUPPRESSING THE POLITICS OF COMPARISON | |
HOW MANY HOLTS? | |
USING ONE SIDE OF TRADITIONALISM TO GET AROUND THE OTHER | |
A STRATEGY OF INCOMPETENCE | |
EMOTIONAL SUPPORT INSTEAD OF INVOLVEMENT | |
NINAS COLLISION COURSE | |
CAUTIONARY TALES OF DIVORCE | |
ALEXANDRAS FRIENDS | |
THE COMPANY LOYALTY TEST | |
FIFTYFIFTY AT HOME AND TIME FOR READING AND MODEL TRAINS | |
ANNS FLIPFLOP SYNDROME | |
A BRILLIANT HUSBAND AND A JOB THAT FEELS UNREAL | |
IF THATS HOW YOU WANT IT | |
A SCARCITY OF GRATITUDE | |
THE NURTURANCE CRUNCH | |
WEARING MOTHERHOOD LIGHTLY | |
YOU CANT STONEWALL THE CHILDREN | |
LOVE OF JOB AS SELFDEFENSE | |
INSIDE EQUAL TIME ON SUNDAY | |
I HAVE AN MBA | |
BEHIND THEIR GENDER STRATEGIES | |
IT STARTED WITH THE BIRTH OF THE BABY | |
Michael Sherman | |
Natural Drift | |
THE TENSION OF BEING BEHIND THE TIMES | |
WOMEN WHO BECOME LIKE TRADITIONAL MEN AND TRADITIONAL MEN WHO STAY AS THEY ARE | |
DIVORCE AND THE SECOND SHIFT | |
THE LIMITS OF ECONOMIC LOGIC | |
LIMITING THE IDEA OF FATHERHOOD | |
CURTAILING THE IDEA OF WHAT A CHILD NEEDS | |
MY WIFE IS DOING IT | |
A FATHERS INFLUENCE | |
THE TWO CULTURES | |
CLASS DIFFERENCES | |
PRESERVING A DOMESTIC TRADITION? | |
UNEQUAL WAGES AND FRAGILE MARRIAGESTHE COUNTERTENDENCY | |
THE HAVES AND HAVENOTS OF BACKSTAGE SUPPORT FOR WORK | |
FUTURE NANCY HOLTS? | |
A GENDER STRATEGY FOR THE NATION | |
POSTSCRIPT | |
A NATURALISTIC APPROACH | |
Ways of Seeing | |
The Relation Between Ideology and Male Help at Home | |
The Relation Between the Wage Gap and the Leisure Gap | |
MomsRising | |
National Organization of Women | |
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