Hazards of Hearth and Home

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Abstract
The private world of the family has traditionally been viewed as the domain of women. Their capacity for mothering has been assumed to tie them to the sphere of domesticity, leaving the public space to be inhabited by men (Moore, 1988, p. 21). The daily lives of most men and women now bear little resemblance to such idealised notions of the male breadwinner and the female nurturer. Yet in most societies women continue to be very closely identified with the world of home and family. As we shall see, these economic and social arrangements can have profound effects on their health.

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