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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.
List of contents
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 Raceta Stojanovic; 6. Switzerland Julia C. Nentwich, Stefanie Schalin and Wiebke Tennhoff; 7. Sweden Linda Haas and Leslie Stanley Stevens; Violating Social Norms: 8. Indonesia Siti Kusujiarti; 9. Croatia Lynette Sikic-Micanovic; 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 Marikova; 20. People's Republic of China Yifei Shen (translated by Jiayi Qian); 21. Slovenia Ziva 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.
About the author
Francine M. Deutsch, author of Halving It All: How Equally Shared Parenting Works (1999), is Emerita Professor of Psychology at Mount Holyoke College, USA. She has published extensively on issues of gender justice. She and her husband equally shared the care of their son.Ruth A. Gaunt, Associate Professor at the University of Lincoln, previously held a tenured senior lectureship at Bar Ilan University, Israel, and prestigious fellowships at both Harvard University, Massachusetts, and the University of Cambridge. Her published research focuses on the social psychology of gender and families. She and her husband have three children and share childcare equally.
Summary
Creating Equality at Home tells the fascinating stories of couples around the world whose everyday decisions about sharing the housework and childcare - such as who washes the dishes or cuts back on paid work to look after the baby - bring profound rewards for men, women, marriage, and children.
Report
'Fascinating real-life examples of how couples around the world are creating equality in family work, demonstrating that individual choices and decisions can thwart social norms and structural forces and that gender equality exists "right now in unlikely places'.' The Bookseller
