Titre :	Full-time homemakers and working women
Type de document :	texte imprimé
Année de publication :	2010
Importance :	p 169-194
Langues :	Anglais (eng)
Catégories :	SCIENCES SOCIALES
Mots-clés :	JAPON  GENRE  FEMME TRAVAILLEUSE  MENAGE A PLEIN TEMPS
Résumé :	It seems at first glance that full-time homemakers have an advantage over working women and people tend to think that full-time homemakers enjoy carefree lives because they do not have to work to make a living. This idea is captured in an older Japanese phrase once used to describe such women: “three meals and naps included”. In other words, a homemaker is guaranteed three meals a day without working because she can live off her husband’s money and she also has the luxury of taking naps because she has lots of free time. Full-time homemakers actually work, though a very small number of wealthy families may have housekeepers, but most full-time homemakers handle the housework and childcare. Their work hours may not be as long as those of working women, but they are not short either. The key difference is that working women earn wages because they work outside the home, while full-time homemakers are not paid for their labor. What about working women? Such women do earn wages for their labor outside the home, but working wives are still responsible for housework and often, childcare –unpaid labor in the home. A woman trying to do both have very long work hours indeed unless her husband helps her at home. It is very hard both mentally and physically on a woman to have work responsibilities both at home and at the office. To avoid overextending themselves, wives sometimes shorten the number of hours they work outside the home by taking part-time positions or they may pay an outside party to help with the housework and childcare. It is not easy to determine whether full-time homemakers or working women are more fortunate. Comparing the two groups, the author finds that each has different responsibilities and the decision of who is luckier also depends on how monetary remuneration and unpaid labor are viewed. He likes to explore this question in more depth below, considering these two groups from various perspectives in order to reach a more informed judgment.
Numéro du document :	A 9927/SOC
Niveau Bibliographique :	2
Bull1 (Theme principale) :	SOCIOLOGIE
Bull2 (Theme secondaire) :	GROUPES SOCIAUX

Full-time homemakers and working women [texte imprimé] . - 2010 . - p 169-194.
Langues : Anglais (eng)

Catégories :	SCIENCES SOCIALES
Mots-clés :	JAPON  GENRE  FEMME TRAVAILLEUSE  MENAGE A PLEIN TEMPS
Résumé :	It seems at first glance that full-time homemakers have an advantage over working women and people tend to think that full-time homemakers enjoy carefree lives because they do not have to work to make a living. This idea is captured in an older Japanese phrase once used to describe such women: “three meals and naps included”. In other words, a homemaker is guaranteed three meals a day without working because she can live off her husband’s money and she also has the luxury of taking naps because she has lots of free time. Full-time homemakers actually work, though a very small number of wealthy families may have housekeepers, but most full-time homemakers handle the housework and childcare. Their work hours may not be as long as those of working women, but they are not short either. The key difference is that working women earn wages because they work outside the home, while full-time homemakers are not paid for their labor. What about working women? Such women do earn wages for their labor outside the home, but working wives are still responsible for housework and often, childcare –unpaid labor in the home. A woman trying to do both have very long work hours indeed unless her husband helps her at home. It is very hard both mentally and physically on a woman to have work responsibilities both at home and at the office. To avoid overextending themselves, wives sometimes shorten the number of hours they work outside the home by taking part-time positions or they may pay an outside party to help with the housework and childcare. It is not easy to determine whether full-time homemakers or working women are more fortunate. Comparing the two groups, the author finds that each has different responsibilities and the decision of who is luckier also depends on how monetary remuneration and unpaid labor are viewed. He likes to explore this question in more depth below, considering these two groups from various perspectives in order to reach a more informed judgment.
Numéro du document :	A 9927/SOC
Niveau Bibliographique :	2
Bull1 (Theme principale) :	SOCIOLOGIE
Bull2 (Theme secondaire) :	GROUPES SOCIAUX