Revisiting Stereotypes: The Male Role in Household Tasks

Authors

  • Maria Cristina Aranha Bruschini Fundação Carlos Chagas
  • Arlene Martinez Ricoldi Fundação Carlos Chagas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-026X2012000100014

Abstract

This article presents the findings which emerged from a research about the male participation in household tasks, in the family daily activities and in infants care. The procedures in this research included both qualitative and quantitative techniques. The first step (qualitative) consisted of exploratory interviews and debates with groups of males receiving a family income below 5 minimum wages that had children of 14 years of age or younger, by means of focus groups. In the second step (quantitative), we studied secondary information about the male participation in the “household tasks” and the time spent in those activities by means of data extracted from the PNAD/IBGE database of 2006.

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Author Biographies

Maria Cristina Aranha Bruschini, Fundação Carlos Chagas

Doutora em Sociologia pela Universidade de São Paulo, pesquisadora sênior da Fundação Carlos Chagas, coordenadora do Grupo de Pesquisa Socialização e Relações de Gênero e Raça. Teve inúmeras publicações nos seguintes temas: trabalho feminino, mercado de trabalho e gênero, famílias urbanas, articulação família e trabalho.

 

Arlene Martinez Ricoldi, Fundação Carlos Chagas

É doutora em Sociologia pela Universidade de São Paulo (USP) e assistente de pesquisa da Fundação Carlos Chagas (FCC).

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Published

2012-05-24

How to Cite

Bruschini, M. C. A., & Ricoldi, A. M. (2012). Revisiting Stereotypes: The Male Role in Household Tasks. Revista Estudos Feministas, 20(1), 259–284. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-026X2012000100014

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 1 (2012)

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Articles

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