The Second Shift

P E N G U I N BOOKS T H E SECOND SHIFT Arlie Russell Hochschild s landmark work on the new roles for working men and women, The Second Shift, was a groundbreaking book and has gone on to become a classic. She is also the author of The Managed Heart, The Time Bind, and the forthcoming Commercialization of Intimate Life: Notes from Home and Work, as well as the editor, with Barbara Ehrenreich, of Global Woman. She has written for Harpers, Mother Jones, Psychology Today, and The New York Times Book Review. A Swarthmore graduate and tenured Berkeley sociology professor, she is a past recipient of the Berkeley Distinguished Teaching Award and grants from the National Institute of Mental Health, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Anne Machung currently works as a principal policy analyst for the University of California. She received a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and has published articles on higher education and work and family in Change and Feminist Studies. Other Books by Arlie Hochschild Global Woman: Nannies, Maids, and Sex Workers in the New Economy (co-edited with Barbara Ehrenreich) The Commercialization of Intimate Life: Notes from Home and Work The Time Bind: When Work Becomes Home and Home Becomes Work The Managed Heart: The Commercialization of Human Feeling Coleen the Question Girl (a children's story) The Unexpected Community THE SECOND SHIFT ARLIE RUSSELL H O C H S C H I L D WITH ANNE MACHUNG PENGUIN BOOKS PENGUIN BOOKS Published by the Penguin Group Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, U.S.A. Penguin Books Ltd, 80 Strand, London WC2R ORL, England Penguin Books Australia Ltd, 250 Camberwell Road, Camberwell, Victoria 3124, Australia Penguin Books Canada Ltd, 10 Alcorn Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4V 3B2 Penguin Books India (P) Ltd, 11 Community Centre, Panchsheel Park, New D e l h i - 1 1 0 017, India Penguin Books (N.Z.) Ltd, Cnr Rosedale and Airborne Roads, Albany, Auckland, New Zealand Penguin Books (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd, 24 Sturdee Avenue, Rosebank, Johannesburg 2196, South Africa Penguin Books Ltd, Registered Offices: 80 Strand, London, WC2R ORL, England First published in the United States of America by Viking Penguin Inc. 1989 This edition with a new introduction published in Penguin Books 2003 5 7 9 10 8 6 Copyright © Arlie Hochschild, 1989, 2003 All rights reserved ISBN 0 14 20.0292 5 CIP data available Printed in the United States of America Set in Adobe Garamond Designed by Alice Sorensen Except in the United States of America, this book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out, or otherwise circulated without the publishers prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser. The scanning, uploading and distribution of this book via the Internet or via any other means without the permission of the publisher is illegal and punishable by law. Please purchase only authorized electronic editions, and do not participate in or encourage electronic piracy of copyrighted materials. Your support of the authors rights is appreciated. For Adam Contents Preface ix Acknowledgments xvii Introduction xxi CHAPTER 1 A Speed-up in the Family CHAPTER 2 Marriage in the Stalled Revolution CHAPTER 3 The Cultural Cover-up CHAPTER 4 Joey ; s Problem: Nancy and Evan Holt CHAPTER 5 The Family Myth of the Traditional: Frank and Carmen Delacorte CHAPTER 6