Times are Changing: Gender and Generation at Work and at Home in the USA

Galinsky, Ellen; Aumann, Kerstin; Bond, James

doi:10.1057/9781137006004_13

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“…However, given the fact that more and more women are in full-time work, this may be a barrier that is affecting men just as much, as more dual-income families are now required to share parental and family responsibilities. According to the National Study of the Changing Workforce (Galinsky, Aumann, & Bond, 2009), employed fathers are spending more time with children today than they did three decades ago and are taking on more overall responsibility for the care of their children, limiting their time to do other things. Considering this, health professionals need to understand this shift in family responsibility when developing physical activity programs for men and develop initiatives that fit into the context of their daily lives rather than just their leisure time.…”

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What a Man Wants

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Little attention has been paid to the physical activity (PA) and nutrition behaviors of middle-aged men; thus, the aim of this study was to gather information and gain insight into the PA and nutrition behaviors of these men. Six focus group sessions were undertaken with middle-aged men ( N = 30) from regional Australia to explore the challenges and motivations to PA participation and healthy eating. Men had a good understanding of PA and nutrition; however, this was sometimes confounded by inconsistent media messages. Work commitments and family responsibilities were barriers to PA, while poor cooking skills and abilities were barriers to healthy eating. Disease prevention, weight management, and being a good role model were motivators for PA and healthy eating. By understanding what a man wants, PA and nutrition interventions can be designed and delivered to meet the needs of this hard-to-reach population.

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“…As the greedy institutions of work and family demand increasing time, workfamily conflict has grown, with men now reporting similar rates of conflict as women (Aumann, Galinsky, & Matos, 2011;Galinsky, Aumman, & Bond, 2011). Workers increasingly express a desire for fewer time and place restrictions on work (Moen, Lam, Ammons, & Kelly, 2013), but a mismatch persists between the needs of today's labor force and the structure and expectations of today's workplace.…”

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Redesigning, Redefining Work

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The demands of today's workplace-long hours, constant availability, selfsacrificial dedication-do not match the needs of today's workforce, where workers struggle to reconcile competing caregiving and workplace demands. This mismatch has negative consequences for gender equality and workers' health. Here, the authors put forth a call to action: to redesign work to better meet the needs of today's workforce and to redefine successful work. The authors propose two avenues for future research to achieve these goals: research that (a) builds a more rigorous business case for work redesign/redefinition and (b) exposes the underlying gender and class dynamics of current work arrangements.

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“…For instance, compared to the 1960s, average family size has decreased, more births are to unmarried women, more children are experiencing divorce, and more married mothers are working (Sayer, Bianchi, & Robinson, 2004). Attitudes toward appropriate parenting behavior have shifted; according to the Families and Work Institute, in 2008, 39% of employees reported agreeing that it is better if men earn the money and women take care of the home and children, which is a decline from 64% in 1977 (Galinsky, Aumann, & Bond, 2009). Ideology surrounding both mothering and fathering behaviors has undergone significant shifts, although mothers are still responsible for more daily caregiving activities.…”

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Who Cares for the Kids? Caregiving and Parenting in Disney Films

Holcomb

Latham

Fernandez-Baca

2014

Journal of Family Issues

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Disney is recognized as producing powerful cultural products that make major contributions to many forms of children's media. While it has been suggested that mothers are marginalized in Disney films, there has been no extensive research exploring the pathways of marginalization and contexts of marginalized mothers. Furthermore, research examining parenting more generally including mothers, fathers, and other-parents has been neglected in the current literature. This study explores narrative subtexts surrounding mothers by systematically examining feature length, animated Disney films. A sample of 15 films was analyzed; the films were purposefully sampled using specific family-related criteria. Results indicate that mothers are marginalized either through their absence or their relatively minor roles, and fathers and other-parents are a significant part of many of the films. This is interesting given a wider cultural context that emphasizes biological mothers as key nurturers, and disconnect between parenting in Disney films and societal context is discussed.

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Times are Changing: Gender and Generation at Work and at Home in the USA

Cited by 160 publications

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What a Man Wants

What a Man Wants

Redesigning, Redefining Work

Who Cares for the Kids? Caregiving and Parenting in Disney Films

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