Abstract

JABLONSKI, Bernardo  and  SALDANHA DA SILVA, Marília. Take off home: contemporary dilemmas for crew members couples. Psicol. rev. (Belo Horizonte) [online]. 2011, vol.17, n.2, pp. 196-210. ISSN 1677-1168.

The main subject of this study is the gender issue in the division of housework and child care between spouses who work as crew members in civil aviation. This study reports an investigation of the relationships of nonstanda rd work schedules and family balance. Women and men are confronted with an egalitarian social discourse and traditional patterns of behavior. Women started working outside the home dealing with multiple roles to balance housework and career. Interviews with four couples were made and the results were that these women still do much more routine housework than their husbands. The gender segregation of tasks associated with the traditional gender ideologies contribute to difficult women to grow in their careers as well as the father’s role to expand

Keywords : Divisions of housework; crew members; gender relations.

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