In the past, the traditional division of labour between men and woman was influences by the role of men and women. Marriage and work organization was based around the separation of public life from home life. Woman’s main responsibility was for domestic duties, while men specialized in paid work. Men were seen as the breadwinners, working full-time outside the home, and therefore doing little domestic work. Whereas men’s identity primarily came through their job, woman’s was said to be based on their roles as wives and mothers. There was a relationship between these work patterns and the patriarchal family from.