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'Felling a list coming on': gender and the pace of life
journal contribution
posted on 2023-06-08, 10:05 authored by Jennifer ShawThis research note explores the different meanings attached to the idea and experience of a fast pace of life. Based on material from the Mass-Observation Archive it argues that control over time is indicative of gender difference and that while largely the product of men and women's different positions vis-a-vis the labour market, there are also unconscious associations around gender and time which affect how successfully each sex manages to control time. Managing their time, like `reconciling' home and work, is felt to be harder for women than men because they are subject to the simultaneous but contradictory expectations to be both time-conscious and time-less. As a result, they tend to see a fast pace of life less positively than men.
History
Publication status
- Published
Journal
Time & SocietyISSN
0961-463XPublisher
SAGE PublicationsExternal DOI
Issue
2-3Volume
7Page range
383 - 396ISBN
0961-463XDepartment affiliated with
- Sociology and Criminology Publications
Full text available
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Peer reviewed?
- Yes