Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Research in Social Sciences and Humanities (ICoRSH 2020)

The Inequality in Dividing Household Chores in Working Mother Novels

Authors
M. K. Dewi1, M. R. A. Pratama2, Deswandito Dwi Saptanto3
1English Literature Department, Faculty of Law, Economics, and Humanities Ngudi Waluyo University, Indonesia
2English Literature Department, Faculty of Law, Economics, and Humanities Ngudi Waluyo University, Indonesia
3English Literature Department, Faculty of Law, Economics, and Humanities Ngudi Waluyo University, Indonesia
*Corresponding author email: sachi.mai@gmail.com
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M. K. Dewi
Available Online 16 November 2021.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.211102.115How to use a DOI?
Keywords
household chores; inequality; working mother; novels
Abstract

In many countries, the rate of women participation in the working field keeps increasing from time to time because of the increase in their educational level and economic condition. This condition leads to some changes concerning the gender roles in a family, however, it does not change the division of household chores between husband and wife. Women are still considered as the main person to do most of the household chores. This topic is often presented as the main theme in some literary works, particularly novels. This research examines three different novels, Opening Belle, I Don’t Know How She Does It and The Balance Project, by analysing the inequality in dividing household chores faced by the working mothers in the novels. This research uses qualitative method consisting of description, reduction and selection stages. From the analysis results, it can be seen that the working mothers still do most of the household chores, while their husband does not help them much. Although they can pay someone to help them do the chores, however, the help is not as good as expected. They still have to struggle in combining between household chores and works which eventually makes them feel exhausted.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Research in Social Sciences and Humanities (ICoRSH 2020)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
16 November 2021
ISBN
978-94-6239-448-3
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.211102.115How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
Open Access
This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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