Chinese-Singaporean women’s negotiation of traditional gender roles and expectations with their husbands in maid-hiring households

• Main Author: Ho, Yoke Ming
• Other Authors: Caroline Pluss
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Family, marriage and women
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/62423
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This study examines how the hiring of a maid affected women’s negotiation of their traditional gender roles and expectations their husbands have of them, through the lenses of the gender framework. 8 married couples were interviewed to understand how maids have affected family dynamics regarding dom...