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Compromising conventions: attitudes of dissonance and indifference towards full-time maternal employment in Denmark, Spain, Poland and the UK
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posted on 2023-06-09, 06:33 authored by Jacqueline O'ReillyJacqueline O'Reilly, Tiziana Nazio, José Manuel RocheThe article examines cross-national variations in attitudes towards gender roles and the extent to which they map onto regime types. It explores intra-national variation in attitudes to non-traditional gendered behaviour drawing on the theoretical approach of the ‘economy of conventions’, informed by feminist perspectives from comparative research. Data from the European Social Survey are used to map where there is a strong degree of resonance or dissonance between societal and individual attitudes and how these are attenuated by sex and employment status. The results expose unexpected national and intra-national similarities and differences. Societies characterized by a traditional male breadwinner model, such as Spain, indicate a higher degree of permissive values than expected; more liberal countries like the UK show high degrees of indifference, as well as a strong element of traditionalism. Dissonance and indifference compromise traditional gendered conventions and illustrate underlying tensions at the individual and societal level in resolving gender conflicts.
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Work, Employment and SocietyISSN
0950-0170Publisher
SAGE PublicationsExternal DOI
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2Volume
28Page range
168-188Department affiliated with
- Business and Management Publications
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2017-06-06First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2021-03-05Usage metrics
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