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GCSE Sociology · key term
The combination of paid employment and responsibility for unpaid domestic work, often used to describe women's workload.
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Paper 1, Paper 2
Revise: DivorceWomen who face a double shift may become dissatisfied with marriage when they earn money outside the home but still carry most domestic responsibilities.
The combination of paid employment and unpaid housework and childcare, particularly experienced by women; also called the dual burden.
If asked about the double shift in marriage, explain paid employment plus the wife's main responsibility for domestic labour, explicitly linking this to her husband.
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Paid employment combined with responsibility for the bulk of domestic labour; also called the dual burden.
Component 1
The combination of paid employment and unpaid domestic work carried out by the same person.
Revise: Marital Breakdown and DivorceWhere women undertake a double shift of paid work and most domestic responsibilities, unequal workloads may also produce dissatisfaction. These explanations show why marital breakdown cannot be reduced to individual personalities alone: wider social conditions shape couples’ relationships.
