Coronavirus, domestic labour and care: Gendered roles locked down
Lyn Craig
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.
Topics & Concepts
DistancingDomestic workCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Care workPandemicSociologyDivision of labourWork (physics)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakSocial distancePaid workSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Gender studiesPolitical scienceLabour economicsWorking hoursEconomicsLawMedicineOutbreakPathologyVirologyMechanical engineeringDiseaseInfectious disease (medical specialty)EngineeringEmployment and Welfare StudiesWork-Family Balance ChallengesDigital Economy and Work Transformation