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- Title
Family Status and Criticism of Gender Inequality at Home and at Work.
- Authors
Kane, Emily W.; Sanchez, Laura
- Abstract
The literature on gender attitudes indicates that acceptance of women's involvement in the labor force is greater than acceptance of changes in the domestic division of labor. We argue that this difference exists because challenges to inequality in the home are especially threatening to men's interests and that women's dependence on men plays a role in shaping interpretations of gender inequality. To test these claims, they explored the relationship between family status and criticism of gender inequality in the home and at work. Family ties discourage criticism: marital status is particularly important in predicting women's criticism,' while parental status is especially important for men. Therefore, we conclude that interests play a part in shaping men's gender-related attitudes and that dependence on men is a factor in shaping women's attitudes.
- Subjects
SEX differences (Biology); MARITAL status; GENDER inequality; LABOR supply; ATTITUDE (Psychology); SOCIAL conditions of women
- Publication
Social Forces, 1994, Vol 72, Issue 4, p1079
- ISSN
0037-7732
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/2580293