The intricate geographies of gender ideologies in Germany

Dirksmeier, Peter

doi:10.1016/j.geoforum.2015.05.022

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“…These are all theories of change over time. Can they also account for rural-urban differences (as highlighted by Boudet et al 2012;Bolzendahl and Myers 2004;Chung and Das Gupta 2007;Dirksmeier 2015;Evans 2018;Orso, Orso, and Fabrizi 2016;Rammohan and Meliyanni 2009)? If not, we might question whether they fully explain the drivers of gender equality.…”

Section: The Drivers Of Gender Equalitymentioning

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How Cities Erode Gender Inequality: A New Theory and Evidence from Cambodia

Evans

2019

Gender & Society

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Support for gender equality has increased globally, and studies of this trend usually examine individual- and/or country-level factors. However, this overlooks subnational variation. City-dwellers are more likely to support gender equality in education, employment, leadership, and leisure. This article investigates the causes of rural–urban differences through comparative, qualitative research in Cambodia. The emergence of rural garment factories presents a quasi-natural experiment to test the theory that female employment enhances support for gender equality. Rural female employment may diminish rural–urban differences in gender inequalities or there may be other important aspects of city-living (beyond female employment) that amplify support for gender equality. Drawing on Cambodian fieldwork, I suggest that cities raise the opportunity costs of the male breadwinner model, increase exposure to women in socially valued roles, and provide more associational avenues to collectively contest established practices. Interests, exposure, and association reinforce a snowballing process of social change. By investigating the causes of subnational variation, I advance a new theory of growing support for gender equality.

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Section: The Drivers Of Gender Equalitymentioning

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How Cities Erode Gender Inequality: A New Theory and Evidence from Cambodia

Evans

2019

Gender & Society

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“…However, these trends do not hold universally: self-described rural (as opposed to urban) residence is strongly associated with conservative gender ideologies in western but not eastern Germany (Dirksmeier 2015). Rural-urban differences in gender ideologies may also change over time.…”

Section: A Brief Survey Of Existing Findings On Rural-urban Differencesmentioning

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Cities as Catalysts of Gendered Social Change? Reflections from Zambia

Evans

2018

Annals of the American Association of Geographers

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“…Thus, the practice of outsourcing domestic work will appear more conventional and acceptable to urban residents, reducing reservations against hiring help. People living in bigger cities are also less likely to adhere to traditional gender ideologies (Carter & Borch, 2005; Dirksmeier, 2015) and are generally more modern and unconventional (Otte & Baur, 2008), making them more likely to be open to the idea of outsourcing domestic work to a paid service provider.…”

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Sociocultural barriers to outsourcing housework: Unraveling the non‐use of domestic services

Trübner,

Nisic

2024

Int J Consumer Studies

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The outsourcing of housework is broadly recognized as providing an impetus for increasing women's participation in the labor market and relieving the burdens of households with children and dual earners. Despite an objective need, demand for paid domestic services is low, even for households with sufficient financial resources. By drawing on a German survey of cohabiting couples aged between 30 and 60, we analyze households that have, to date, not used domestic services (N = 1479). Based on items about attitudes toward domestic services, we identify five distinct attitude profiles defined by diverse combinations and levels of sociocultural barriers to outsourcing housework, including gendered expectations, privacy concerns, aversion toward a servant culture, and trust and control issues. Our results establish that half of the sample exhibits scarcely any sociocultural aversion to the employment of domestic help. While some of these households report preferring to do housework within the family, households of higher social strata, in particular, express a need for external support, but are hindered by an insufficient supply of and access to appropriate paid domestic services. In contrast, the other half of the sample consists of subgroups of rejectors, revealing different levels of disapproval and normative‐moral profiles concerning outsourcing. Interestingly, complete rejectors are often found in low‐income households, indicating a strong connection between socioeconomic and sociocultural characteristics. The results highlight the potential for future developments within the domestic service sector to meet customers' normative and moral concerns.

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The intricate geographies of gender ideologies in Germany

Cited by 16 publications

References 60 publications

How Cities Erode Gender Inequality: A New Theory and Evidence from Cambodia

How Cities Erode Gender Inequality: A New Theory and Evidence from Cambodia

Cities as Catalysts of Gendered Social Change? Reflections from Zambia

Sociocultural barriers to outsourcing housework: Unraveling the non‐use of domestic services

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