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Conclusion From her questioning in the interviews, she recognized that both women and men have different uses of the VCR and the importance of it in their life is directly related to their position within the home. Gray does not necessarily have any substantial finding for her research but does realize that her findings are going to be helpful for further work in the area of domestic technology. By the end of the study, Gray realizes that there are many factors that affect women's use of the VCR, both culturally and socially. The social factors that affect women's use of the VCR are domestic division of labor, and organization and access to spare time; while the cultural factors are technology in the domestic environment, and basic TV and VCR viewing habits. Socially, women have a specific place in the domestic environment that affects their access to spare time and the use of technology. Because women's duties are placed within the home, there is a very fine line distinguishing between time allocated to work and leisure. Even women working outside the home have little or no time to pursue their own activities. Culturally, like Bourdieu, Gray recognizes that education and class play a role in mass culture, for example, the use of the VCR. However, like Chodorow, gender also plays an important role. Gray reiterates that the cultural and social aspects of domestic life must be understood in order to study women's use of the VCR. Gray's study has many strengths and a few weaknesses that should be further discussed. |
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