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The fact that you are calling common house appliances "modern tech" made me smile, but essentially you are right, anything that came about in the last 100 years
by goodJobWalrus 11y ago
The fact that you are calling common house appliances "modern tech" made me smile, but essentially you are right, anything that came about in the last 100 years can be called modern.
As for whether it caused more women to work, I can imagine that it really did facilitate the transition. It would take much longer if women had to negotiate housework with their husbands first. Instead, it happened the other way around, women came out to work first, while doing household chores at the same time, and in time men transitioned to helpful spouses later.
- learc83 11y ago>and in time men transitioned to helpful spouses later. And that was only possible because of the development of the 40 hour work week. Most men weren't home enough to be very helpful around the house until then.
- goodJobWalrus 11y agoNot sure about that. I would say it became more common for men to help with the housework from the 70's onward, and we had 40 hour weeks way before that. Do you think that the men who worked for Ford in the 1920s and 1930s, started helping with the housework after they implemented 40 hour work week? No, it think it's more likely that women had to prove themselves capable money earners first.
- learc83 11y agoNo, I'm not saying that the 40 hour work week was sufficient to bring out that change, just necessary. I'm just pointing out that a confluence of many things led to the result of women working/not dong all the housework, not just 1.