Summary of Arlie Hochschild & Anne Machung's The Second Shift

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#1 The supermom advertisement image is the same woman, but she is presented in different ways in different advertisements. She has that working-mother look as she strides forward, briefcase in one hand, smiling child in the other.

#2 The rise in mothers working outside the home has led to a rise in fathers doing housework and child care. Men and women still feel strongly about how they should contribute to the family, and how appreciated they are for their work.

#3 The image of the woman with the flying hair seems like an upbeat cover for a grim reality, like those pictures of Soviet tractor drivers smiling radiantly into the distance as they think about the ten-year plan.

#4 I interviewed fifty couples very intensively, and I observed in a dozen homes. I focused on heterosexual, married couples with children under age six, their child-care workers, and others in their world from the top to the bottom of the social ladder.

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Ebook: 12 September 2022