Although men tended to receive more education than women in the past, the gender gap in
education has reversed in recent decades in most Western and many non-Western …

The lockdown imposed following the COVID-19 pandemic of spring 2020 dramatically
changed the daily lives and routines of millions of people worldwide. We analyze how such …

A landmark publication in the social sciences, Linda Lindsey's Gender is the most
comprehensive textbook to explore gender sociologically, as a critical and fundamental …

In der ersten Auflage–einem kleinen roten Büchlein–stand schon damals–gut recherchiert,
systematisiert und verständlich geschrieben–alles drin, was es Wissenswertes über die …

In this ground-breaking book, acclaimed sociologist Ann Oakley undertook one of the first
serious sociological studies to examine women's work in the home. She interviewed 40 …

COVID-19 causes a pandemic situation that increased the paid or unpaid responsibilities
(home and job) on women and brought significant changes in their lifestyle, resulting in …

This study investigated the relationship between parenting inequalities and feelings of
relationship quality, and whether those patterns differed for women and men. Using data …

Objective This study evaluates the role of objective and subjective measures of economic
uncertainty, as well as furlough schemes, on changes in couples' relationships during the …

The gendered division of housework is an important predictor of relationship satisfaction, but
the mechanisms linking these variables remain poorly understood. Using data on N= 487 …

Couples often encounter the challenge of sharing house chores. This raises the
fundamental question of how to divide chores. In this paper, we present a new application …