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The persistence of traditional gender norms in housework
Ian Sinclair talks to PROFESSOR ANNE McMUNN about why the burden of unpaid domestic work is so unequally divided between men and women
The appalling bigotry and bias of London’s police force has been obvious for years – and the police leadership does not appear inclined to do anything about it, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE
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In the face of funding cuts, closures and a shift into women’s centres providing criminal justice-only services rather than a holistic approach, RUTH HUNT urges women to protect existing resources, volunteer and build new networks of support
FROM the Everyday Sexism Project, to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s bestselling essays and the #MeToo movement, there has been a huge upsurge in feminist activism in recent years.
Professor Anne McMunn
However, while the topic of unpaid domestic work, aka housework, was a key concern of second wave feminism in the 1970s, it seems to be largely ignored by contemporary mainstream feminism.
In an attempt to get a handle on the issue, Ian Sinclair asked Anne McMunn, professor of social epidemiology at University College London, about her new co-authored article Gender Divisions of Paid and Unpaid Work in Contemporary UK Couples, published in the journal Work, Employment and Society.
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