Double Burden and Women’s Well-Being Issues: Implications for Social Relations from the Perspective of Hannah Arendt’s Vita Activa
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This study explores the double burden of women through the lens of Hannah Arendt’s vita activa, encompassing its three main dimensions: labor, work, and action. The analysis highlights how women face structural challenges in balancing domestic and public roles due to gender biases and patriarchal norms that place them in a subordinate position. This double burden not only creates physical and mental strain but also negatively impacts women’s overall well-being in economic, health, and social aspects. The labor dimension reflects repetitive and undervalued domestic work, reinforcing women's subordination within the family and community spheres. In the work dimension, women encounter wage discrimination, limited access to leadership positions, and exclusion from more prestigious job sectors, directly affecting their economic well-being. Within the action dimension, social barriers restrict women's participation in the public sphere and decision-making processes, reducing their opportunities to influence policies that could enhance well-being and gender equality. The lack of policies supporting the redistribution of domestic roles further exacerbates gender inequality and hinders women's empowerment. This study underscores the need for structural changes in social and economic policies to foster more inclusive and equitablewell-being for women. The philosophical-hermeneutic approach employed in this research provides a deeper understanding of the social construction of gender and the urgency for more progressive and transformative policy solutions
Language: English
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4413003352