Front cover image for The second shift

The second shift

"When The Second Shift was first published in 1989, it was hailed as "a scream in the dark" and "a brilliant, urgently needed analysis ... of the working woman who has it all". Now, in the twenty-first century, The Second Shift remains as important and relevant as when it was first published. As the majority of women entered the workforce, sociologist and Berkeley professor Arlic Hochschild was one of the first to talk about what really happened in dual-career households. Many people were amazed to find that women were still responsible for the majority of child care and housework even though they also worked outside the home. Now, in this updated edition with a new introduction by the author, we discover how much things have, and have not, changed for women today."--Jacket
Print Book, English, 2003
Penguin Books, New York, 2003
Case studies
xxviii, 322 pages ; 20 cm
9780142002926, 0142002925
51647536
A speed-up in the family
Marriage in the stalled revolution
The cultural cover-up
Joey's problem : Nancy and Evan Holt
The family myth of the traditional : Frank and Carmen Delacorte
A notion of manhood and giving thanks : Peter and Nina Tanagawa
Having it all and giving it up : Ann and Robert Myerson
A scarcity of gratitude : Seth and Jessica Stein
An unsteady marriage and a job she loves : Anita and Ray Judson
The "his" and "hers" of sharing : Greg and Carol Alston
No time together : Barbara and John Livingston
Sharing showdown and natural drift : pathways to the new man
Beneath the cover-up : strategies and strains
Tensions in marriage in an age of divorce
Men who do and men who don't
The working wife as urbanizing peasant
Stepping into old biographies or making history happen?
Appendix : research on who does the housework and child care
Originally published: New York : Viking, 1989. With new introd