Coronavirus, domestic labour and care: Gendered roles locked down. (December 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Craig, Lyn
• Is Part Of: Journal of sociology. Volume 56:Number 4(2020)
• Page Start: 684
• Page End: 692
• Publication Date: 2020-12
• Subjects: Covid-19 -- coronavirus -- care -- domestic labour -- gender relations -- lockdown -- work–family relations -- working from home; Sociology -- Periodicals; Sociology -- Australia -- Periodicals; 301.05
• DOI: 10.1177/1440783320942413
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1440-7833

Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic turned daily lives upside down. Lockdowns and physical distancing meant hundreds of thousands of people switched to working from home, significantly blurring the temporal and spatial boundaries between paid work, domestic labour and caring for others. This article explores gender relations, and the division of employment, domestic labour and care, drawing on early results from an online survey, Work and Care in the Time of Covid-19, carried out between 7 May and 4 June 2020.