Changes in Attitudes to Mothers Working: Evidence from Australian Surveys Betsy Blunsdon and Ken Reed

Blunsdon, Betsy; Reed, Ken

doi:10.1080/10301763.2005.10669321

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“…Two main approaches have been proposed. Cohort replacement theory argues that attitudes are formed during childhood in relation to the historical and cultural context at the time (Blunsdon and Reed 2005;Brewster and Padavic 2000;Brooks and Bolzendahl 2004). This approach suggests that attitudes tend to remain reasonably stable over the lifecourse and to shape subsequent beliefs and preferences.…”

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A stalled revolution? Gender role attitudes in Australia, 1986–2005

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General rightsIt is not permitted to download or to forward/distribute the text or part of it without the consent of the author(s) and/or copyright holder(s), other than for strictly personal, individual use, unless the work is under an open content license (like Creative Commons). Disclaimer/Complaints regulationsIf you believe that digital publication of certain material infringes any of your rights or (privacy) interests, please let the Library know, stating your reasons. In case of a legitimate complaint, the Library will make the material inaccessible and/or remove it from the website. Please Ask the Library: http://uba.uva.nl/en/contact, or a letter to: Library of the University of Amsterdam, Secretariat, Singel 425, 1012 WP Amsterdam, The Netherlands. You will be contacted as soon as possible. Abstract This paper examines trends over time in attitudes to gender equality in Australia. We use data from repeated cross-sectional surveys in Australia to investigate trends in beliefs about men's and women's work and family roles between 1986 and 2005. We find that men are consistently more conservative than women, that younger cohorts tend to be less conservative than older cohorts, but those born between 1960 and 1980 are more egalitarian on some issues than those born after 1980. There is also evidence that the overall trend toward more egalitarian gender attitudes is most marked in Australia up until the mid-1990s with the trend flattening and in some cases, even reversing after this period. The paper concludes that there is currently a period of relative stability in gender attitudes in Australia, but with some tendency toward more conservative views.

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A stalled revolution? Gender role attitudes in Australia, 1986–2005

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“…People have developed their attitudes through the exposure to and internalization of significant others’ behaviour, norms, values and attitudes, during childhood and later in life (Bandura 1977; Berger and Luckmann 1967; Handel 2006). This interpretation of personal attitudes corresponds with the socialization or exposure-based approach (Blunsdon and Reed 2007; Bolzendahl and Meyers 2004) which assumes that attitudes develop by experiences in childhood, during the school period (young adulthood) and in early work experiences, and are relatively, but not completely, resistant to change after that time. This study focuses on the part of mother’s attitudes that possibly lingers.…”

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Resilience of the Childhood Origins of Dutch Mothers’ Gender Role Attitudes

Ruitenberg

2015

J Adult Dev

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Based on qualitative analysis of 39 in depth interviews with Dutch mothers, this paper firstly explores if differences in primary socialization are relevant to an understanding of Dutch mothers’ current diverse (personal) gender role attitudes. Secondly, it addresses the interplay of a mother’s own gender role attitude and those of her partner and peers. The findings reveal that Dutch mothers’ current diverse gender role attitudes have origins in the transmission of different mental and verbal parental, especially maternal, symbols. Egalitarian mothers often recall a strong mother-figure, the verbal persuasion of economic independence and/or particular non-traditional upbringing matters that appealed to their logic of being financially independent. The memories of traditional/adaptive mothers rather stand out for the resignation of unpaid tasks by their own mothers, and the absence of parental encouragement to consider their professional life. The findings further indicate that in childhood originated aspects of mother’s personal gender role attitude continue to shape the character of mother’s behavior and new social relationships.

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“…This study utilizes data from the 2016 round of the Australian Survey of Social Attitudes (AuSSA) 3 , which comprises a representative sample of respondents listed on the Australian Electoral Roll (Blunsdon et al, 2018). The survey is conducted annually and collects attitudinal data on a range of issues, as well as sociodemographic characteristics of all respondents.…”

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Wrongful Convictions and Erroneous Acquittals: Applying Packer’s Model to Examine Public Perceptions of Judicial Errors in Australia

Williamson

Sato

Dioso-Villa

2021

Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol

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The fallible nature of the criminal justice system continues to see judicial errors—that is, wrongful convictions and erroneous acquittals—undermine its integrity, efficacy, and legitimacy. Public perceptions of judicial errors are important contributors to criminal justice policy and reforms. The current study utilizes the 2016 Australian Survey of Social Attitudes (AuSSA) dataset to examine public attitudes toward judicial errors. It applies Herbert Packer’s crime control and due process models to understand how concerns around procedural safeguards and public safety are associated with public perceptions toward judicial errors. Packer’s model has been challenged by studies, which theorize that the models are not mutually exclusive. Yet, they have not been empirically tested in this context, which is a gap this study seeks to fill. Findings show that due process and crime control concerns shape public attitudes toward wrongful convictions and challenge the notion that Packer’s models be applied on a continuum.

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Changes in Attitudes to Mothers Working: Evidence from Australian Surveys Betsy Blunsdon and Ken Reed

Cited by 8 publications

References 20 publications

A stalled revolution? Gender role attitudes in Australia, 1986–2005

A stalled revolution? Gender role attitudes in Australia, 1986–2005

Resilience of the Childhood Origins of Dutch Mothers’ Gender Role Attitudes

Wrongful Convictions and Erroneous Acquittals: Applying Packer’s Model to Examine Public Perceptions of Judicial Errors in Australia

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