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Date |
2004-04 |
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repository |
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p09593543 |
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abstract |
This article evaluates recent developments in research on the domestic division of
labour. It focuses on the Distributive Justice Framework developed by Thompson (1991)
in an extension of Major's (1987) work on the psychology of entitlement. This framework
states that in order to explain the persistence of gender inequalities in domestic
labour, researchers must consider the factors that determine women's sense of fairness
in close relationships. Whilst acknowledging its contribution to the field, the article
argues that existing work on the Distributive Justice Framework has misconceived important
aspects of the social psychology of distributive justice. By way of contrast, an approach
is advanced that is grounded in the analysis of everyday discursive practices in the
home-the practices through which couples define their contributions to household labour
and negotiate ideological dilemmas about gender, entitlement and fair shares. We argue
that investigations of gender inequalities in domestic labour can benefit from the
new directions provided by social constructionism, as well as the more complex views
of subjectivity, power and social interaction that are now emerging in psychology. |
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authors |
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2 |
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peerReviewed |
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14 |
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AcademicArticle |
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Article |
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Dixon, John and Wetherell, Margaret (2004). On discourse and dirty nappies: gender,
the division of household labour and the social psychology of distributive justice.
Theory and Psychology, 14(2) pp. 167–189. |
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label |
Dixon, John and Wetherell, Margaret (2004). On discourse and dirty nappies: gender,
the division of household labour and the social psychology of distributive justice.
Theory and Psychology, 14(2) pp. 167–189. |
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Title |
On discourse and dirty nappies: gender, the division of household labour and the social
psychology of distributive justice |
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