Gender, employment and maternity: comparative analysis of women with paid work and housewives

Authors

  • Pilar Martínez Universidad Pontificia Comillas - España
  • María José Carrasco Universidad Pontificia Comillas - España
  • Gonzalo Aza Universidad Pontificia Comillas - España
  • Isabel Espinar Universidad Pontificia Comillas - España
  • Ángeles Blanco Universidad Complutense de Madrid - España

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18002/cg.v0i4.3813

Keywords:

maternidad intensiva, roles familiares tradicionales, madres empleadas, familias de doble empleo, intensive mothering ideology, traditional family roles, working mothers, dual-earner families

Abstract

The number of couples in which both partners have a job, and must balance work and family roles, has increased dramatically over the past thirty years. In Spain as in other western countries the number of women who continue in their employment when they marry and have children, has been steadily increasing. This change has brought a decrease in the woman´s presence at home and a reorganization of the traditional family roles and relationships for both women and men. Although changes in women activity may be studied through their employment rate, type of employment and drop out of the labor market, it is much more difficult to study changes in family gender roles and family relationships. This article will examine women´s and in particular mother´s employment, taking into account the sociological patterns and the ideological context in which it occurs and its relationship with family dynamics. Finally, it will be presented an empirical research comparing mothers who are employed and mothers who are not in some relevant family and individual areas.

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Published

2009-12-15

How to Cite

Martínez, P., Carrasco, M. J., Aza, G., Espinar, I. and Blanco, Ángeles (2009) “Gender, employment and maternity: comparative analysis of women with paid work and housewives”, Cuestiones de género: de la igualdad y la diferencia, (4), pp. 217–242. doi: 10.18002/cg.v0i4.3813.

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