Gender Ideologies In Hochshild's The Second Shift

Growing up I seen many different types of families. Some of them had two parents working, while others had one parent work and the other stay home. Typically the mother would be the parent to stay home while the father worked, but now of days this is not always the case. Now of days, you may find fathers who stay home to take care of the children and house, while the mother works full time to provide for the family. But in the home I grew up in, there were two parents and four children. My father, Rick, worked full time at the family business as a diesel mechanic, although he didn’t go to school for this. He also owned a small auto repair shop and small family housing business he would work in during his free time. My mother, Mary, stayed home to care for us kids and the household chores. Analyzing my own family by identifying the gender ideologies and gender strategies allowed me to find the family myths that existed between my parents, decide if women do more of the second shift, and compare my family to the families in Hochshild’s book The Second Shift. Gender ideologies help us decide where someone lies within the spheres of the division of labor. There are three gender ideologies traditional, transitional, and egalitarian. …show more content…
My father is more of the traditional family guy, while my mother is slightly transitional women although she hardly ever worked as us kids were growing up. I noticed that my dad’s main focus was his work. He would always say I have to get my work done before I can do anything else. My mother never really worked as I was growing up, but from time to time she would pick up seasonal part time jobs or babysit for others. My mom always enjoyed work, but my father wanted her focus on us children so she did. Mary did always say she wished she had more time to work outside the home, but she didn’t mind the housework she had as long as she didn’t have a job outside the