The Impact Of Breadwinning On The Family

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After the introduction of industrial revolution, the ethical ideal or norm emerged that there ought to be only one family breadwinner, which was the husband/father; while the wife or mother worked in the home as a homemaker and caregiver (Potuchek & David, 1997). Today, norms and expectations are changing due to the current state of the economy and advances in technology. Occupations are getting scarcer and an abundance of competent individuals are becoming unemployed. Today, research has shown that most women and mothers go into the labor force in order to help assist their family needs. To survive, numerous wives and mothers are looking for and getting full-time employment. Presently, women and also men may take the role of breadwinners, and there can be one or two breadwinners in a family (Potuchek & David, 1997). This essay focuses on the impacts of breadwinning: the conception of breadwinning in the family, men’s involvement to housework when breadwinning shifts, how it affects men’s masculinity, how breadwinning is used as a criterion that distinguishes men …show more content…

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