separate spheres doctrine

separate-spheres doctrine. Hist. Family law. The common-law doctrine that wives were limited to control of the home — the personal or domestic sphere — and that husbands had control of the public sphere. • Under this early-19th-century doctrine, the wife was to tend to the home and family and the husband was to be the breadwinner. — Also termed doctrine of separate spheres.

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译者Terris，毕业于国内一流的高级翻译学院，擅长翻译各种与政府合同相关的法律文件。