The gendered division of housework.
BACKGROUND
In spite of the verifiable achievements obtained in gender equity, one wonders if they still exist in our societies gendered activities (roles) at the household level. This study states an affirmative prediction. Gender role is here organized in four different nuclei: instrumentality inside and outside home for men; expressiveness and instrumentality inside home for women, pertaining to two clearly different domains (household activities for men and household activities for women).


METHODS
98 women and 86 men completed the Gender Roles Questionnaire (GRQ).


RESULTS
Obtained results showed that: (a) men and women do not do certain household activities (roles) with the same frequency; (b) the four-dimensional approach fits the data better than the one-dimensional and even better than the two-dimensional approach (household gender roles for men and women separately).


CONCLUSIONS
Discussion focuses on the implications of these results for both research and education.
Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
Juan
J
Fernández
M A
MA
Quiroga
Sergio
S
Escorial
Jesús
J
Privado
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006796:Household Work / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D057566:Self Report