RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Willmott and Young predicted that the family, are becoming symmetrical. They claimed that the family has evolved from an institution based on patriarchy, to one characterised by equality and democracy.

Detailed explanation-2: -Jonathan Gershuny is Professor of Economic Sociology in the Social Research Institute, UCL, and Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of Oxford.

Detailed explanation-3: -Duncombe and Marsden (1995) Duncombe and Marsden claimed that instead of symmetrical households, women had to deal with a ‘triple shift’; besides their paid work and domestic work, they had to do the emotional work for the whole family, especially for the children.