As a man, can you engage in feminine roles at home?
Collection and analysis of primary data
Data collection will be achieved through semi-structured interviews. The goal of semi-structured interview is to collect data from participants with personal experience, perceptions, beliefs, and attitudes about a particular topic. McIntosh and Morse (2015) add that researchers use this type of interview to gather new and explanatory data and triangulate other sources of data to substantiate results through member checking. The research question is whether there is gender paid gap between paid and unpaid work. The plan for the semi-structured interview constitutes several steps.
Identifying Research Participants
After stipulating a well-defined study purpose and outlining the research question, the next step will be to identify what participants will be relevant. This helps to determine what respondents will provide the right information to research questions. According to Harrell and Bradley (2009), good interviewees are those who are willing and available for an interview and possess the lived knowledge and experience concerning a topic of interest.
Considering Ethical Issues
Before beginning the interview, it is vital to have a strong ethical stance (Whiting, 2008). All through the research process, respondents will be treated with sensitivity, respect, and subtlety. In the semi-structured interviews, participants will be required to give personal and sensitive information, so the research and participant have a power imbalance to address (Husband, 2020). The last point to bear in mind is minimizing the possibility of harm to participants and their information, as well as ensuring that participants are fully informed about the study’s objective and methodology.
Plan Logistic Aspects and Participants’ Recruiting
Before the interview, the researcher will make decisions and plan the best methods for contacting participants and obtaining informed consent, arranging interviews at times that are suitable for both parties and testing the required tools such as recording equipment. Most experienced researchers have done interviews in far less than optimal venues, but the interview site ideally avoids distractions and is acceptable for the subject. For example, the interview room will be private, quiet, and good for recording. The first point of contact will be by email and phone (WhatsApp) and then additional information can be provided so respondents decide whether or not they can participate. A prospective participant will be aware of the survey’s length, scope, goal, and participants before signing up. Respondents will be made aware that they have the option of not taking part or withdraw at any moment, even when the interview commence.
The research questions include:
- How does the strength of gendered social norms affect equal division of work?
- How does an educational difference between couples associated with gender division of work, that is, between paid and unpaid work?
- How does men’s gender ideology associate with the division of work compared to gender ideology of women?
Interview Questions
Asking respondents respective interview questions aimed to answer research questions and prove research hypotheses (Mourougan and Sethuraman, 2017). These questions helped to evaluate the importance of the research based on respondents’ responses. Research themes include: the influence of social norms, education disparity, and gender ideology on division of labour between paid and unpaid work. The interview questions were arranged into appropriate groups based on these themes.
Social Norms
- Has gender roles changed today? If yes, state how gender roles has changed?
- Does masculinity has an effect on gender division of labour at home?
- As a man, can you engage in feminine roles at home?
- Do you think it is okay for men to take up traditional female roles? If yes, to what extend can you go in performing these roles?
- How does an upbringing gender role affect division of labour?
- What is the relationship between culture and distribution of roles at home?
- What beliefs direct gendered division of labour?
