TEACHSOC: Re: GENDER ROLE STUDIES

[Stephen Sweet]

Michael- The GSS and other sources will show shifts in men's gender role attitudes, which have changed remarkably over the past 30 years.  However, gendered behavior has remained remarkably constant in terms of men's work-family commitments.  Most men are doing moderately more childcare and modestly more internal home work, but no where near what their egalitarian gender role attitudes would suggest would be the case.  Husband's careers still tend to come first, a dynamic that escalates after couples have children and the decision has to be made on who will manage the home front and who will be the breadwinner.  Very few men take advantage of Family Medical Leave Act, even though by law they can.  Very few men provide care for aging parents.  And on, and on.  Here are a few references that illustrate these dynamics..... Bielby, William T. and Denise D. Bielby. 1992. "I Will Follow Him: Family Ties, Gender-Role Beliefs, and Reluctance to Relocate for a Better Job." American Journal of Sociology 97:1241-1267. Neal, Margaret and Leslie Hammer. 2006. Working Couples Caring for Children and Aging Parents: Effects on Work and Well-Being. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Pixley, Joy E. and Phyllis Moen. 2003. "Prioritizing Careers." Pp. 183-202 in It's About Time: Couples and Careers, edited by Phyllis Moen. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. Sweet, Stephen and Phyllis Moen. 2006. "Advancing a Career Focus on Work and Family: Insights from the Life Course Perspective." Pp. 189-208 in The Work and Family Handbook: Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives, Methods and Approaches, edited by Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes, Ellen Ernst Kossek, and Stephen Sweet. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.   -steve Michael Klausner wrote: Greetings:   A colleague in another discipline asked for references regarding gender role changes. Specifically, if middle/upper middle males *still* hold onto stereotypical gender roles: Male should be the “breadwinner”, take care of the female, etc. This is not my “area” but I told him such would depend much on the social class of the male although I recall reading one study where upper mc college students, while professing “equality” for males and females still hung on to stereotypical conceptions of gender roles.   Thanks much for any references you could convey.   Michael Klausner --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Teaching Sociology" group. To post to this group, send email to teachsoc@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/teachsoc -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---