Low‐income and Middle‐class Mothers Gendered Work and Family Schemas
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12912958 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Judith Hennessy (Central Washington University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 12 |
| Pages | 1106-1118 |
| Publication date | 2015-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociology Compass (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1751-9020 • E-ISSN: 1751-9020 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/soc4.12333 |
| OpenAlex | W2255175040 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 50 |
Conflict between the demands of paid work and motherhood has been studied primarily from the experience of middle‐class and professional mothers in dual‐earner families. Recently, with the reform of welfare, a number of studies have focused on the problems of poor mothers in meeting the demands of paid employment and caring for children. This article explores the moral discourse of judgments about paid work and motherhood and how this differs for low‐income and married middle‐class women. It reviews research that considers why poor single mothers are seen as irresponsible when they leave work due to family demands when professional and middle‐class married mothers are seen as acting selflessly. It examines how gendered schema differentially influences the work and family choices of married middle‐class and professional mothers compared to poor and low‐income mothers
Class (philosophy · Demographic economics · Economics · Low income · Middle class · Paid work · Political science · Schema (genetic algorithms · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Welfare · Work (physics · Gender Studies · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Law · Psychology · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Social Psychology · Work-Family Balance Challenges
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Motherload
Generation Unbound
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Welfare Policymaking in the States
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The second shift
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Mothering, Class and Rationality
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Resisting the Welfare Mother
The Family Responsive Workplace
Flat Broke with Children
Research on Household Labor
Morality and Work-Family Conflict in the Lives of Poor and Low-Income Women
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,63 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |