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Monday, September 25, 2017

More evidence that couples prefer, and do better with, traditional gender roles

Women in the United States have significantly increased their labor-force participation since days past. But a new report from Pew Research Center shows that, despite these gains, Americans' view of men as breadwinners hasn't changed.

"While a nearly equal share of men and women say a man needs to be able to provide for his family to be a good husband or partner (72% and 71%, respectively), men are less likely than women to say the same about women," notes researcher Kim Parker.

This finding comes just a month after similar research was done by the University of Illinois—which I wrote about here—that suggests that some mothers' and fathers' psychological wellbeing suffers when their work and family identities conflict with conventional gender roles.

"The results supported the overarching hypothesis: well-being was lower for mothers and fathers who violated gendered expectations about the division of paid labor, and higher for parents who conformed to these expectations," said researcher Karen Kramer.

Ironically, Ivanka Trump just shared with the world this week that she had postpartum depression after the births of each of her three children.

Her explanation for why she was depressed was as follows:

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

The Men would be glad to stay home if the Women want to switch places !!! All for it .. They then have Equality !!

Anonymous said...

She is really sick but then we know that maybe Daddy maybe will finally think she has gone to far. She is asking for stalkers with these kind of antics you think?