In dividing the domestic leading international scholars roll up their sleeves to investigate how culture and country characteristics permeate our households and our private lives the book introduces novel frameworks for understanding why the household remains a bastion of traditional gender relations even when employed full time women everywhere still do most of the work around the house . Dividing the domestic men women and household work in cross national perspective. Work as treas argues because by identifying the critical conditions that promote or impede gender parity in the family cross national comparisons of household labor can also inform policies to advance equality between women and men in society p 8 this volume will inspire research inves tigating stratification mechanisms. Skip to main content menu search browse resources authors librarians editors societies. Dividing the domestic men women and household work in cross national perspective studies in social inequality treas judith drobnic sonja on amazoncom free shipping on qualifying offers dividing the domestic men women and household work in cross national perspective studies in social inequality