Penglibatan Suami Dalam Kerja-Kerja Rumah Tangga: Kajian Kes Di Sabah

Abstract

Today, women’s labor is needed not only in a home but is also needed outside the house. The change in women’s role from the private sphere to the public sphere does not reduce or change their traditional roles and responsibilities. Religious teachings and traditional customs are the biggest influences to women being obliged to do household chores despite having their own careers. This has become the major challenge for the women in dividing their duties at work and at home. They have to bear the burden of having too much household chores and not having enough time to carry them out. Due to this, the support and cooperation from the husbands are crucial in helping to balance the roles and duties of the wives. Therefore, this article identifies the needs for the husbands to get involved in the domestic household chores. Interviews and document analysis are used in this study. The results showed that the need for husbands to get involved in the household chores is crucial.