The Inequality in Dividing Household Chores in Working Mother Novels

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10.2991/assehr.k.211102.115How to use a DOI?

Keywords

household chores; inequality; working mother; novels

Abstract

In many countries, the rate of women participation in the working field keeps increasing from time to time because of the increase in their educational level and economic condition. This condition leads to some changes concerning the gender roles in a family, however, it does not change the division of household chores between husband and wife. Women are still considered as the main person to do most of the household chores. This topic is often presented as the main theme in some literary works, particularly novels. This research examines three different novels, Opening Belle, I Don’t Know How She Does It and The Balance Project, by analysing the inequality in dividing household chores faced by the working mothers in the novels. This research uses qualitative method consisting of description, reduction and selection stages. From the analysis results, it can be seen that the working mothers still do most of the household chores, while their husband does not help them much. Although they can pay someone to help them do the chores, however, the help is not as good as expected. They still have to struggle in combining between household chores and works which eventually makes them feel exhausted.

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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - M. K. Dewi
AU  - M. R. A. Pratama
AU  - Deswandito Dwi Saptanto
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/11/16
TI  - The Inequality in Dividing Household Chores in Working Mother Novels
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Research in Social Sciences and Humanities (ICoRSH 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 855
EP  - 861
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211102.115
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211102.115
ID  - Dewi2021
ER  -