Chester's neo-conventional family
Chester's term for the modern family structure where both partners work but maintain gender divisions, with men still breadwinners and women managing childcare/housework despite paid employment.
Real World
A 2019 TUC report found that UK mothers working full-time still did 73% more childcare than fathers, supporting Chester's argument that dual-income families mask continuing inequality behind a surface appearance of modernity.
Exam Focus
Use Chester to challenge the symmetrical family thesis — markers credit direct theoretical confrontation.
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