Are Children Barriers to the Gender Revolution? International Comparisons

DeRose, Laurie F.; Goldscheider, Frances; Brito, Javiera Reyes; Salazar-Arango, Andrés; Corcuera, Paúl; Aixendri, Montserrat Gas

doi:10.1007/s10680-018-09515-8

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“…The most noticeable feature of families with shared physical custody is the parents' division of labor. Several scholars have argued that the second stage of the gender revolution requires fathers to take on the same types of responsibility as mothers, i.e., be responsible for 24/7 care and parenting (Bianchi et al 2012;DeRose et al 2019). Shared physical custody demands that level of commitment from fathers.…”

Section: Transformations In the Gendered Division Of Labormentioning

confidence: 99%

Alternating Homes – A New Family Form – The Family Sociology Perspective

Thomson

Turunen

2021

European Studies of Population

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In this chapter, we identify structural features of families with shared physical custody that differ from those of nuclear families or those of families where one parent has sole physical custody, and discuss the implications for family and kin relationships. We pay particular attention to the ways in which shared physical custody alters the gendered nature of parenting and kinship. We argue that the structural features of shared physical custody create distinct contexts for parent-child and sibling relationships and produce differences in shared understandings of obligations between family members. The unique context for relationships and obligations together constitute a new family form. Our analysis generates an agenda for future research on the nature and consequences of shared physical custody.

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Section: Transformations In the Gendered Division Of Labormentioning

confidence: 99%

Alternating Homes – A New Family Form – The Family Sociology Perspective

Thomson

Turunen

2021

European Studies of Population

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“…In light of these trends, work-family scholars expected couple relationships to become more gender egalitarian over time, with women and men sharing paid market and unpaid family work more equally, a development referred to as the "gender revolution" (see Goldscheider, Bernhardt, and Lappegård 2015 for a review). In recent years, the gender revolution appears to have stalled in a number of countries, including Australia, the United States, and countries in Western and Northern Europe (DeRose et al 2019;Dieckhoff et al 2016;England 2010;England, Levine, and Mishel 2020).…”

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Women's employment transitions: The influence of her, his, and joint gender ideologies

Grunow¹,

Lietzmann²

2021

DemRes

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BACKGROUNDResearch suggests that women's employment decisions are influenced by not only their own gender ideologies but also their partners'. This paper is the first study examining the role of a couple's joint gender ideology on the female partner's employment transitions, specifically her work hours and employment breaks. OBJECTIVEThe authors seek to advance research on the effects of gender ideologies on paid work transitions conceptually, arguing that a couple's (dis)agreement on gender ideologies may be important. METHODSThe authors use data from the German panel study Labour Market and Social Security (PASS) and logistic regression models estimating the probability of reducing work hours or taking an employment break between two successive panel waves. RESULTSWomen's gender ideologies impact their likelihood of reducing work hours and taking an employment break. The more egalitarian women are, the less likely they are to reduce their labor market participation. The male partner's gender ideology initially appears irrelevant. However, when considering the couple as a unit, the authors find a couple effect of joint ideology: Women are more likely to reduce their work hours when both partners believe in gender essentialism as opposed to other couple-ideology constellations. For women's employment breaks, findings also point to a couple-ideology effect, though with less statistical certainty. CONCLUSIONSThe couple perspective shows that his gender ideology matters only in relation to hers.

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“…Further, this paper clarifies the role of first birth in this 'expectation pathway'. First birth is a time point of considerable change in terms of subjective well-being and mental health (Luppi & Mencarini, 2018;Myers, Burger, & Johns, 2016), household burden and division of labour (Campolo, Pino, & Rizzi, 2020;DeRose et al, 2019;Kühhirt, 2012), and employment arrangements and earnings (Baxter, Hewitt, & Haynes, 2008;Evertsson, 2013). This paper therefore not only addresses the contribution of one child women to the fertility gap, but also whether having a child acts as the catalyst for revising expectations for these women.…”

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Expectations after expecting: the impact of first birth on the fertility expectations of one child women in the USA and UK

Raybould¹,

Sear²

2021

Preprint

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Expectations for having children are hypothesised to be predominantly influenced by societal family norms at young ages, and are adjusted during the life course in response to changing circumstances and new information. The onset of parenthood is likely to be a key event that affects expectations. This paper explores whether the expectations of women who have only one child (one child women) change in the five years before and after first birth, using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (USA) and Understanding Society (UK). We aim to determine whether one child women are distinct in their expectations from women who go on to higher parities even before first birth, and whether the event of first birth is a catalyst for changing expectations. Our results show that, in both contexts, one child women expect closer to two children prior to, compared to after, first birth, when the trajectory declines more steeply towards one. One child women also expect fewer than higher parity mothers by the time of first birth. Our findings suggest that although one child women already expect fewer children compared to other mothers prior to first birth, their expectations are particularly affected by the onset of parenthood.

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Are Children Barriers to the Gender Revolution? International Comparisons

Cited by 23 publications

References 64 publications

Alternating Homes – A New Family Form – The Family Sociology Perspective

Alternating Homes – A New Family Form – The Family Sociology Perspective

Women's employment transitions: The influence of her, his, and joint gender ideologies

Expectations after expecting: the impact of first birth on the fertility expectations of one child women in the USA and UK

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