“Doing” Gender in Context: Household Bargaining and Risk of Divorce in Germany and the United States  

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Cooke, Lynn Prince

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: AJS: American Journal of Sociology vol. 112 no. 02 (Sep. 2006), page 442-472.
Topik: Gender; Household Bargaining; Risk of Divorce; Germany; United States
Fulltext: 442-472 (04Y088).pdf (316.31KB)

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Gender relations remain embedded in their sociopolitical context. Compared here using event-history analysis is how household divisions of paid and unpaid labor affect marital stability in the former West Germany, where policy reinforced male breadwinner families, and the United States, where policy remains silent regarding the private sphere. In Germany, any moves away from separate gendered spheres in terms of either wives’ relative earnings or husbands’ relative participation in housework increase the risk of divorce. In the United States, however, the more stable couples are those that adapt by displaying greater gender equity. These results highlight that policy shapes how gender gets done in the intimate sphere, and that reinforcement of a gendered division of labor may be detrimental to marital stability.

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