Traditional ideals of gender roles hark back to a time of extreme American nationalist sentiment in the face of a significant international threat.
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New research suggests parenthood strengthens a ‘traditional’ approach to home life.
Canadian fathers increased their share of work at home — in housework and in child care — in the early days of the pandemic as work and routines put pressures on the family.
Understanding isolation’s effects on regular people, rather than those certified to have ‘the right stuff,’ will help prepare us for the future, whether another pandemic or interplanetary space travel.
Ads depicting mothers in the UK and Australia between 1950 and 2010 continue to limit maternal knowledge to the domestic sphere and reinforce gender stereotypes of ‘professional’ expertise
The myth that women are superior multitaskers has just been busted. So, let’s divide work in and out of the home so women aren’t left running themselves ragged.
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Professor of Sociology and Founding Director of The Future of Work Lab, Podcast at MissPerceived, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Sociology, University of Toronto
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Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of Canadian Studies, Brigham Young University
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Teaching Professor of American Studies, Miami University