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

Stories of couples around the world whose everyday decisions about housework, childcare, and paid work achieve equality at home.

Francine M. Deutsch (Edited by), Ruth A. Gaunt (Edited by)

9781108708845, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 18 June 2020

442 pages, 23 maps
22.7 x 15.1 x 2.3 cm, 0.62 kg

'Creating Equality at Home explores 25 cases around the world that are exceptions to that trend, assessing the experiences and strategies of couples in 22 countries for creating equity at home.' S. K. Gallagher, Choice

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 Ra?eta Stojanovi?
6. Switzerland Julia C. Nentwich, Stefanie Scha?lin and Wiebke Tennhoff
7. Sweden Linda Haas and Leslie Stanley Stevens
Violating Social Norms: 8. Indonesia Siti Kusujiarti
9. Croatia Lynette Šiki?-Mi?anovi?
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 Ma?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.

Subject Areas: Dating, relationships, living together & marriage [VFVG], Family & relationships [VFV], Social, group or collective psychology [JMH], Psychology of gender [JMG], Sociology: family & relationships [JHBK], Gender studies: men [JFSJ2], Gender studies: women [JFSJ1], Gender studies, gender groups [JFSJ]