Assignment 5

1.)The "Secind Shift" is the idea that most women work one shift at the office or factory and a "second shift" at home. So most women who are working to make an income and at the same time come back home and have to maintain the household are in reality having two jobs not just one.

2.) The family myth created by Nancy and Evan Holt was that women take a deeper interest than men in the problems of juggling work with family life which results in stress that women take out on their husbands. Most men unfortuaneltey suffer the severe reprecussion of what is a transitional phase of American family life. Because Nancy Nancy(Evan's wife and mother of their child) did so much work because she felt an obligation to, while Evan on the other hand did very little housework and played with his four-year old son Joey, at his conveinance it created a and uneven platform in which Nancy did much more work then Evan did. Juggling the demands of work with family created much more stress for Nany than Evan in that she did much more shince she cared.

3.) The purpose of family myths is so that couples can live with unfairness in their relationships and to minimize conflict. IHoschschild shows how couples create family myths to live with inequality in their lives.
4.) When I start a family i plan to divide houseland labor and child care 50/50. on days i work more hours than my husband he will do the household chores and take care of the children and on days where he works more i will do the household work and take care of the children. If we happen to need outisde help we will higher a nanny. On the weekends when we are off we will both spend times with the children and each toher. I plan to work full time but i am willing to sacrafice if needed if i have children and work part time