Attitudes Toward Same-Sex Marriage, Polyamorous Marriage, and Conventional Marriage Ideals Among College Students in the Southeastern United States
This study examines the idea that attitudes toward marriage are liberalizing in the US in the face of federal recognition of same-sex marriage legislation by examining attitudes toward conventional marriage ideals, same-sex marriage, and polyamorous marriage. It draws on a sample of liberal arts col…
Working from Home and Changes in Work Characteristics during COVID-19
A relatively high proportion of U.S. workers started working from home during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. There has been extensive tracking of employ…
Family, Collectivism, and Loneliness from a Cross-Country Perspective
Previous research shows that marriage and family support are associated with less loneliness, but evidence is largely from developed countries in the West. We focus on the association between country-level collectivism and loneliness, and whether collectivism moderates the well-known effects of marr…
Organizational policies, workplace culture, and perceived job commitment of mothers and fathers who take parental leave
Americans do not always fully utilize available parental leave policies due (in part) to fear of a commitment penalty – where taking leave (or taking …
Visualizing Shifts in Gendered Parenting Attitudes during COVID-19
Many scholars have expressed fears that the 2019 coronavirus pandemic may exacerbate gender inequalities. Indeed, studies have suggested that women, and mothers…
Attitudes Toward LGBT Marriage and Legal Protections Post-Obergefell
Background Over the last 40 years, there has been a cultural shift in attitudes toward same-sex marriage in the USA. While there has been a great deal of focus on attitudes toward same-sex marriage, there is less research on attitudes toward LGBT discrimination and legal protections against discrimi…
Attitudes toward Working Mothers and Work-Oriented Fathers in the U.S.
While there is a wealth of research on gender ideology, most research focuses on attitudes toward women and women’s roles. This study aims to address the gap in…
Displaying parenthood, (un)doing gender: parental leave, daycare and working-time adjustments in Sweden and the UK
Drawing on interviews with 42 parents of preschoolers in Sweden and the UK, we examine how parents display good parenthood in two family policy contexts. In the UK, mothers take longer leave, work part time and limit daycare to demonstrate good motherhood, while fathers continue to work long hours,…
Gendered parental leave policies among Fortune 500 companies
Due to the lack of a federal paid parental leave policy in the United States, access to leave for most US workers is dependent on whether their employer offers paid leave. Our research explores emp…
Sharing the load: housework, joint decision-making, and marital quality in Japan
Guided by equity theory, we examine how hours of housework by spouse, perceived fairness of housework division, and joint decision-making predict marital quality in Japan. Our analysis of data from…
Gender, LGB status, and attitudes toward traditional wedding practices
Historically, traditional wedding customs reflected marital values and gender power dynamics. Though preference for egalitarian partnerships and marriages is growing, patriarchal and heteronormativ…
Attitudes Toward Married Persons’ Surnames in Twenty-First Century Japan
Through Article 750 of the Japanese Civil Code, Japan is the only developed country to require that a married couple must choose either the husband’s or the wife’s surname upon marriage. We examine how traditional gender ideology and preference for the three-generation family household are associate…
Gender equality and work–family conflict from a cross-national perspective
This study examines the relationship between gender ideology at the individual level, gender equality at the country level, and women and men’s experiences of w…
Self-Construal, Social Support, and Loneliness in Japan
We examine the effects of self-construal and social support in friendships on loneliness using data from a random sample of residents in Tokyo, Japan. We find that the relationship between interdependent and independent self-construal is not orthogonal, as found by studies in the West, but moderatel…
Barriers to equality: why British fathers do not use parental leave
In 2011, the UK passed the Additional Paternity Leave (APL) policy, but less than 1% of eligible fathers took APL in its first year. This study investigates reasons for nonuse of APL. We find four …
The Role of Partners and Workplaces in British and Swedish Men’s Parental Leave Decisions
Sweden has been long known for its early introduction of parental leave in the 1970s and the introduction of the first nontransferable “daddy month” in 1995 whi…
Filial Norms, Co‐Residence, and Intergenerational Exchange in Japan
Objective
We examine the effects of filial norms and co-residence as well as patterns of social exchange on support that adult children give to their parents and in-laws in Japan. Methods
We estim…
We examine the effects of filial norms and co-residence as well as patterns of social exchange on support that adult children give to their parents and in-laws in Japan. Methods
We estim…
Enduring Egalitarianism? Family Transitions and Attitudes Toward Gender Equality in Sweden
Previous research in industrialized countries finds that attitudes toward gender equality are affected by family-related transitions as young adults with egalit…
“For the Good of Our Family”: Men’s Attitudes Toward Their Wives’ Employment
As recent trends show a slowing down in married mothers’ labor force participation and continuing debate over the importance of maternal care, we explore marrie…
What Makes a “Good Job”? Gender Role Attitudes and Job Preferences in Sweden
Previous studies have documented an increasing number of women entering into the paid work force, yet little research has examined the gendered meanings of work for men and women. Using a sample of 1986 Swedes from the 2009 Young Adult Panel Study, this paper investigates the effects of gender role…
