Gender Roles
-The gender roles are very traditional. Women usually tend to the home and family, while men work hard.
-Italian wives tend to be spoiled.
-Italian men are very territorial and strict with the treatments of their wives and children.
-The lifestyle of the typical Italian family is very much dictated by Roman Catholicism.
-A lot of Italian women prefer to marry a non-Italian man. Italian men can get a little too controlling.
-The Italian men contribute very little to housework and childcare, This probably explains why Italy is experiencing a strong reduction in the number of children per couple.
-Italian mothers, unlike mothers from Western Europe and Western countries, do not leave the labor market even after having a child.
-The tioughness of the Italian labor market makes it extremely difficult, nearly impossible, for mothers with young children to re-enter the job market, even after only a few years out. These mothers are not attractive to employers, who prefer men or childless women.
-Part-time jobs are not common, and families have serious difficulties in living on only one salary.
-Italian wives tend to be spoiled.
-Italian men are very territorial and strict with the treatments of their wives and children.
-The lifestyle of the typical Italian family is very much dictated by Roman Catholicism.
-A lot of Italian women prefer to marry a non-Italian man. Italian men can get a little too controlling.
-The Italian men contribute very little to housework and childcare, This probably explains why Italy is experiencing a strong reduction in the number of children per couple.
-Italian mothers, unlike mothers from Western Europe and Western countries, do not leave the labor market even after having a child.
-The tioughness of the Italian labor market makes it extremely difficult, nearly impossible, for mothers with young children to re-enter the job market, even after only a few years out. These mothers are not attractive to employers, who prefer men or childless women.
-Part-time jobs are not common, and families have serious difficulties in living on only one salary.
Patriarchy? or Matriarchy?
Italy is said to be neither, but leans more towards a Patriarchal system.