Sullivan, O;
Gershuny, J;
Robinson, JP;
(2018)
Stalled or Uneven Gender Revolution? A Long-Term Processual Framework for Understanding Why Change Is Slow.
Journal of Family Theory and Review
, 10
(1)
, Article Special Issue: TENTH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL ISSUE: Family Theory: Past, Present, Future. 10.1111/jftr.12248.
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Abstract
Recently much attention has been focused on whether the gender transformation of paid and unpaid work in society referred to as the gender revolution has hit a wall, or at least stalled. In this article, we discuss key trends in the gender division of labor across 13 developed countries over a 50‐year period. These trends show little decisive evidence for a stall but rather a continuing, if uneven, long‐term trend in the direction of greater gender equality. We set out a theoretical framework for understanding slow change in the division of unpaid work and care (lagged generational change). We argue that, through a long‐term view of the processes of change, this framework can help address why progress in the convergence in paid and unpaid work promised by the gender revolution has been so slow.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Stalled or Uneven Gender Revolution? A Long-Term Processual Framework for Understanding Why Change Is Slow |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1111/jftr.12248 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/jftr.12248 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Gender convergence, gender division of labor, gender revolution, housework, lagged adaptation, stalled revolution |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10077129 |
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