Exploring the domestic division of labor when both parents are involuntarily working from home: The effects of the UK COVID pandemic
通过对15对异性恋双职工父母的30次定性访谈，研究了新冠疫情下双方非自愿在家工作对家庭内劳动分工的影响，发现女性承担更多家务且减少工作时间，男性贡献增加但不足以改变不平等格局。
Abstract As part of the UK's response to the COVID pandemic many co‐habiting parents simultaneously began working from home, often involuntarily, potentially disrupting established divisions of domestic labor. Through 30 qualitative interviews with 15 heterosexual dual‐earning parents, this article explores the extent and nature of changes in respective labor allocations following the transition to home working. The data reveals that both women and men increased their time spent on domestic labor, though typically men's changes were insufficient to overturn pre‐existing unequal divisions, and women were more likely to reduce their employment hours to “better” balance caring and housework responsibilities. Men were also likely to see their increased domestic contributions as temporary during these exceptional circumstances with evidence of couples “doing” gender. Where partners did transition toward greater egalitarianism, men were actively taking ownership of new unpaid tasks and adapting their (gendered) familial identities as their work and family roles changed.