CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2009
| Author | Samih, Tuba |
|---|---|
| Title | EARLY TO RISE AND LAST TO BED: THE SECOND SHIFT OF WORKING WOMEN IN PAKISTAN WITH A FOCUS ON EXTENDED FAMILY SYSTEM |
| Summary | While making a comparison of nuclear and extended family systems in Pakistan, this research paper explores how working women in Pakistan cope with their responsibilities at home and at paid work. I use semi-structured telephonic and face-to-face interviews with eighteen educated working women belonging to different cities of Pakistan to investigate their lived experiences. My respondents belong to middle and upper middle class, and fall within the age group of 26 to 39. I find that Pakistani women in paid employment have a strong affiliation with their homes and housework and if they fail to properly perform their duties at home they experience a strong feeling of guilt, which is rightly pointed out in the western literature about women and work as well (Livingston and Judge, 2008; Guendouzi, 2006; Judge and Scott, 2006). This study also draws on Sancier’s (1992) concept of “ethic of care” which is the main component of women’s nurturing in Pakistan and which offers women a strong perception of caring of young, old and the home as their primary responsibility. It also gets manifested through this study that women in Pakistan have a strong perception that living in extended family system is much more difficult for them than living in the nuclear family system. |
| Supervisor | Fodor, Eva; Clisby, Suzanne |
| Department | Gender Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2009/samih_tuba.pdf |
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