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Download full textStern, Susan – Basis-Info, 1997
In 1977, when women in West Germany (the Fedeal Republic of Germany) got the legal right to be employed outside the family against their husband's will, paragraph 1356 of the Civil Code, defining housework as the woman's duty, was abolished. Until then, heavy social pressure kept women close to home; in most cases, the choice of an outside…
Descriptors: Employed Women, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Family Work Relationship, Foreign Countries
