Jane Brown has been maried for 12 years.She has three children and lives in a suburb outside Columbus,Ohio.When her youngest child reached shool age,Jane decided to go back to work.She thought that she should contribute to the household finances.Her salary could make a difference between a financial struggle and a secure financial situation for her family.Jane also felt bored and frustrated in her role as a homemaker and wanted to be more involved in life outside her home.Jane was worried about her children's adjustment to this new situation,but she arranged for them to go to stay with a woman nearby after school each afternoon.They seemed to be happy with the arrangement.The problem seemed to be between Jane and her husband Bill.When Jane was at home all day,she was able to clean the house,go grocery shopping ,wash the clothes,take care of the children and cook two or three meals each day.She was very busy,of course,but she succeeded in getting everything done.Now the same things need to be done,but Jane has only evenings and early mornings to do them.Both Jane and Bill are tired when they arive home at 6p.m.Bill is accustomed to sitting down and reading a paper of watching TV until dinners is ready .This is exactly what Jane feels like doing,but someone has to fix dinner and Bill expects it to be Jane.Jane is becoming very angry at Bill's attitude;she feels that they should share the household jobs.But Bill feels that everything should be the same as it was before Jane went back to work.

　　家庭生活

　　簡 布朗已經結婚2年了。她有三個孩子，住在俄亥俄州州府哥倫布市郊。最小的孩子夠上學年齡時，她決定返回工作崗位。她想她應該為家庭經濟做出貢獻。她的薪水可能改變家庭經濟拮據、節衣縮食這種困境，使家庭經濟狀況趨于穩定。簡對她的家庭主婦的角色也感到極度厭倦、非常失望了，因此渴望更多地參與到家庭以外的社會生活中去。簡擔心她的孩子們適應不了這種新的變化，于是做出安排，讓孩子們每天下午放學后去跟鄰近一位婦女在一起。孩子們似乎對這樣的安排很滿意。問題好像在于簡和她的丈夫比爾之間。以前簡整天在家的時候，她清掃屋子，去百貨店購物，清洗衣服，照料孩子，每天煮兩三頓飯，樣樣事情都能干。不用說，她忙個不停，但她把家務活都干好了。現在，一樣的家務需要人做，可是簡只有在傍晚和早晨才能做家務。簡和比爾下午六點回到家里，兩人都覺得勞累了。比爾習慣于坐下來看報或看電視，直到晚餐做好為止。這恰恰也是簡希望做的事。但總得有人準備晚餐。比爾盼望這個人是簡。簡對比爾的態度很生氣。她覺得他們兩人應該共同分擔家務，但比爾認為一切應該照舊，就像簡重返工作崗位以前那樣。