La posición social de las mujeres en los hogares: ¿Dónde están las ganadoras del pan?

Abstract

«The Social Position of Women at Home: “In the Sweat of Their Faces, shall Women Eat Bread?”» In the last years, Spanish women and specially those in the Canary Isles have devoted more time to their education. This situation, together with the incorporation of women to labour markets, has been an important factor in the social change of the so called «person of reference» in different household types. It has provided them with economic independence and improved their level of autonomy and family independence. This new female social role has called for a redefinition of households structures and thus weakened the patriarchal role in this configuration.