Changing Gender Relations, Changing Families Tracing the Pace of Change Over Time

by Sullivan, Oriel

• ISBN13: 9780742546226
• ISBN10: 0742546225
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-04-27
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

It's common knowledge that responsibilities in the home are not divided equally between men and women. Feminists bemoan how slowly this gender gap is changing. Sociologist Oriel Sullivan, however, focuses on the neglected topic of the processes of change, discussing changing domestic gender practices on many different levels-from changes in attitudes about gender equality in the home to the quantitative analysis of change in the domestic division of labor. His newly developed theoretical approach connects the wider discussion of gender practices within the home to the interactions and negotiations that individuals engage in on a day-to-day basis. He includes empirical evidence for change, presenting findings based upon directly comparable cross-national data from the mid-1960s to the late 1990s. This book will appeal to readers interested in gender studies, sociology, and in the changing gender equity of the home.

Author Biography

Oriel Sullivan is professor in the Department of Behavioral Sciences at Ben-Gurion University, Israel.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Introduction: Change-Processes and Pace	p. 1
Changing Theory
Theorizing Change	p. 7
Slow Nature of Change, Slow Change in Theory	p. 15
Evidence for Change
The Discursive Context: Attitudes, Language, and Masculinities	p. 25
Cross-National Trends in Domestic Labor Practices: Convergence over Time?	p. 41
Difference and Change in Domestic Labor between Couples: Some More Equal Than Others?	p. 61
Changing Gender Relations at Home
The Intimate Context: Gender Consciousness and Intimacy	p. 83
Change at Home: Research Examples and a Framework	p. 97
Conclusion: A Project for Change?	p. 111
Coefficients from OLS Regression Analysis	p. 115
References	p. 119
Index	p. 137
About the Author	p. 141
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