Dual Career & Patriarchy

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In this article the writer discusses that the single ongoing problem in the dual career marriage is the lack of an egalitarian approach. The writer notes that while retired husbands tend to help more with household tasks, the wife continues to bear the responsibility for them. In addition, the writer points out that economic pressures will be uneven for the spouses. The writer discusses that men are more likely than their spouses to have earned a private pension benefit and have social security benefits.

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"What pressures on a dual-career couple might lessen after their retirement? Many patterns observed at earlier stages in the dual-career marriage will continue after retirement. One pressure that will not be alleviated for the woman after retirement is her husband's refusal to share in tasks. Since his socialization prevented his participation to this point, he will continue to avoid `women's work'. On the other hand, his presence in itself may create pressure because of additional work. What most clearly distinguishes the retirement years from the previous years is not so much the absence of work as the absence of children."

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