#41 The Second Shift by Arlie Russell Hochschild Fifteen years after its first publication, The Second Shift remains just as important and relevant today as it did then. As the majority of women entered the workforce, sociologist and Berkeley professor Arlie Hochschild was one of the first to talk about what really happens in dual-career households. Many people were amazed to find that women still did the majority of childcare and housework even though they also worked outside the home. Now, in this updated edition with a new introduction from the author, we discover how much things have, or have not, changed for women today.
The writer presents several chapters focusing on individual dual-income couples and their coping strategies regarding jobs, family life and child care. The lack of change of so many years is a little sad.
