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Anna is a married woman with children. She and her husband Brandon both work full-time jobs. When they come home, Amy makes dinner, cleans, helps their children with homework, and puts them to bed. Brandon helps with these things occasionally, but most days he rests after work. If Arlie Hochschild saw this household, she would say that Anna is experiencing the\

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second shift

Step-by-step explanation:

According to author Arlie Hoschild, it is correct to state that Anna is experiencing the "second shift" which corresponds to the household tasks that some women still carry out at home even after working outside the home, as exemplified in the question, which she reports that after her full-time job, Amy still cooks dinner, cleans the house, and takes care of the kids.

Through his research, the author identified that the second shift can be a situation that wears out the couple's relationship by bringing feelings of guilt, tiredness and lack of sexual interest, with a more ideal situation being the one where there is sharing of domestic activities between men and women.

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