SOCB49H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11b: Household Division, Cisgender, Trans Man
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Doing housework, redoing gender: queer couples negotiate the household division of. 30 queer participants who are cohabiting with a partner examine division and negotiations of household labour. Fi(cid:374)di(cid:374)gs: quee(cid:396) (cid:272)ouoples(cid:859) a(cid:272)(cid:272)ou(cid:374)ts of a(cid:396)(cid:396)a(cid:374)ge(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts shaped (cid:271)(cid:455) ti(cid:373)e a(cid:448)aila(cid:271)ilit(cid:455) and personal preferences as well as social context (labor force participant and citizenship) Division of domestic labour in queer couples represent an opportunity to redo gender: challenging normative gender roles and creating alternatives for how gender shapes social life. Couples do gender by normative enactment of gender. Redo gender by challenging normative gender roles, or creating alternatives for how gender organizes social life. Since same-gender couples cannot rely on sex category to divide up household labor, negotiations are based on labour market factors and preferences. When both or one identify as transfgender, gender may shape division in uqniue ways: cisgender female of transgender men may do more housework and e(cid:373)otio(cid:374)al (cid:449)o(cid:396)k to affi(cid:396)(cid:373) pa(cid:396)t(cid:374)e(cid:396)(cid:859)s (cid:373)as(cid:272)uli(cid:374)e ide(cid:374)tit(cid:455)
