Perceived Fairness and Satisfaction with the Division of Housework Among Dual-Earner Couples in Italy

Gender differences in the effect of grief reactions and burnout on emotional distress among clinical oncologists

“…Second, we speculate that female oncologists might be at higher risk of burnout due to the potential competing demands of work and family life . Although both men and women struggle with work‐life balance, women shoulder more of the home care and parenting burden than men . There is convincing evidence to suggest that providing women with childcare reduces burnout.…”

Unfair to Me or Unfair to My Spouse: Men's and Women's Perceptions of Domestic Equity and How They Relate to Mental and Physical Health

“…Put another way, both men and women tend to recognize that wives complete an unfair share of the housework and are under-benefited compared with husbands. Despite this, research also shows that most men and women believe the division of household labor is equitably distributed between spouses (Carriero, 2011;Coltrane, 2000;Lennon & Rosenfield, 1994). We therefore hypothesize the following:…”

Mattering Moderates the Link between Gender Ideology and Perceived Fairness of the Division of Household Labor

“…Many couples are actually satisfied with a task allocation in which the woman performs the lion's share of the work (Baxter, 2000;Frisco and Williams, 2003;Gager & Hohmann-Marriott, 2006). As Carriero (2011) argues, this paradox helps explain why changes toward equality in the family sphere have been slow and why a traditional division remains prevalent. Considering that, as was argued previously (LachanceGrzela & Bouchard, 2010;Poeschl, 2008), inequalities in the private sphere help maintain inequalities in the public sphere by limiting women's career possibilities and other opportunities for advancement, a better understanding of what influences women's perceptions of equity is warranted.…”

“…However, despite this convergence, researchers have clearly documented that women continue to shoulder primary responsibility for the vast majority of unpaid labor to satisfy the needs of family members or to maintain the home (see Lachance-Grzela & Bouchard, 2010 for a review). Typically, research finds that women do about twice as much housework and family work as men, and this applies even to couples in which both partners hold a job (Bartley, Blanton, & Gilliard, 2005;Carriero, 2011;Schneider, 2011). Cross national studies indicate that, even in the most egalitarian countries, women tend to do more housework than men (Cooke & Baxter, 2010;Geist & Cohen, 2011;Hook, 2010;Knudsen & Waerness, 2008).…”

“…The decision to focus on this particular population was motivated by the fact that the fairness of the division of household labor was hypothesized as being particularly relevant to them because of the high level of pressure of raising a young family (see Carriero, 2011;Claffey & Mickelson, 2009 for similar argumentations). The transition to parenthood and the first years of parenting young children are generally recognized as particularly salient periods for the organization of household labor and for the formation of gendered roles among romantic partners (Coltrane, 2000;Hook, 2010;Katz-Wise, Priess, & Hyde, 2010).…”