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'Felling a list coming on': gender and the pace of life

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posted on 2023-06-08, 10:05 authored by Jennifer Shaw
This 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.

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  • Published

Journal

Time & Society

ISSN

0961-463X

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Issue

2-3

Volume

7

Page range

383 - 396

ISBN

0961-463X

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  • Sociology and Criminology Publications

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-06

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