Creating Equality at Home: How 25 Couples around the World Share Housework and Childcare

Cambridge University Press, 6/18/2020
EAN 9781108708845, ISBN10: 1108708846

Paperback, 442 pages, 22.2 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English

Creating Equality at Home tells the fascinating stories of 25 couples around the world whose everyday decisions about sharing the housework and childcare - from who cooks the food, washes the dishes, and helps with homework, to who cuts back on paid work - all add up to a gender revolution. From North and South America to Europe, Asia, and Australia, these couples tell a story of similarity despite vast cultural differences. By rejecting the prescription that men's identities are determined by paid work and women's by motherhood, the couples show that men can put family first and are as capable of nurturing as women, and that women can pursue careers as seriously as their husbands do - bringing profound rewards for men, women, marriage, and children. Working couples with children will discover that equality is possible and exists right now.

Setting the Stage
1. Introduction Francine M. Deutsch and Ruth A. Gaunt
2. Past and current research Francine M. Deutsch and Ruth A. Gaunt
Consciously Creating Equality
3. Israel Ruth A. Gaunt
4. Honduras Erin Murphy-Graham
5. Montenegro Milena Račeta Stojanović
6. Switzerland Julia C. Nentwich, Stefanie Schälin and Wiebke Tennhoff
7. Sweden Linda Haas and Leslie Stanley Stevens
Violating Social Norms
8. Indonesia Siti Kusujiarti
9. Croatia Lynette Šikić-Mićanović
10. Bhutan Dolma Choden Roder and Tashi Choden
11. Hungary Judit Takaìcs
12. USA
California Alicia Maìrquez
Prioritizing Family
13. USA
New England Francine M. Deutsch
14. Brazil Maria Auxiliadora Dessen and Claìudio V. Torres
15. Australia Judy Rose and Janeen Baxter
16. Singapore Karen Mui-Teng Quek and Carmen Knudson-Martin
Drawing on Lessons from Families of Origin
17. Austria Sabine Buchebner-Ferstl and Mariam Irene Tazi-Preve
18. Turkey Cagla Diner
19. Czech Republic Hana MaÃ…â„¢ikova
20. People's Republic of China Yifei Shen (translated by Jiayi Qian)
21. Slovenia Živa Humer and Metka Kuhar
Using Government Policies
22. Iceland Ingoìlfur V. Giìslason
23. Germany Anna Dechant, Harald Rost and Florian Schulz
24. United Kingdom Oriel Sullivan
25. Portugal Karin Wall, Vanessa Cunha and Sofia Marinho
What We Have Learned
26. Undoing gender
different cultures, similar stories Francine M. Deutsch and Ruth A. Gaunt
27. Conclusion
the paths to equality Francine M. Deutsch, Ruth A. Gaunt and Madison E. Richards
Index.