Exploring Current Gender Meanings: Creating a New Gender Identity Scale
Exploring Current Gender Meanings: Creating a New Gender Identity Scale
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Bibliography: Stets, J.E., Kushida, M., Fares, P., Whitham, M.M., 2023. Exploring Current Gender Meanings: Creating a New Gender Identity Scale, in: Stets, J.E., Reichelmann, A.V., Kiecolt, K.J. (Eds.), Advancing Identity Theory, Measurement, and Research, Frontiers in Sociology and Social Research. Springer International Publishing, Cham, pp. 79–107. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32986-9_5
Authors:: Jan E. Stets, Ashley V. Reichelmann, K Jill Kiecolt, Jan E. Stets, Melanie Kushida, Phoenicia Fares, Monica M. Whitham
Collections:: Gender Scale
First-page: 79
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- & At issue is whether one’s gender identity today is based on gender meanings that are still current in the culture. We might expect differences as to what it means to be a man or woman since the 1970s, since women have increased their participation in higher education and the labor force (United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2017), and men have increased their participation in the domestic sphere (Pew Research Center, 2013). (p. 79)
- & However, following a shift toward gender egalitarianism during the 1970s and 1980s, a countervailing shift toward gender traditionalism in the 1990s (Cotter et al., 2011) may have reversed any changes in gender views. (p. 79)
- & Still, pressures toward separate spheres remain. The rise of overwork in the 1990s helps explain the stalled revolution in egalitarianism (Kalev & Deutsch, 2018; Shu & Meagher, 2018). Since women have greater responsibility for domestic labor than men, the demand to extend working hours may push women out of the labor force. Alternatively, women may support their spouses’ longer hours by picking up the slack at home. Either way, the rise of overwork puts pressure on men and women to return to “separate spheres.” (p. 82)
- & Men’s increased role in domestic labor and childcare may result in gains in communal characteristics. However, since women remain primarily responsible for the private sphere, they may still be defined in communal terms (Eagly et al., 2020). (p. 83)