Learning Objectives

9.1 Review and summarize the ideology of separate spheres and how it influences family work
9.2 Define care work and how it helps to construct families
9.3 Describe empirical patterns in employment, housework, and childcare and how they are shaped by gender, race, and class
9.4 Analyze how work-family conflict is shaped by the ideology of separate spheres, and identify policies that help parents manage work and family responsibilities