Beyond Equality: A Cross-Cultural Investigation of Young Straight Adults' Expectations for Future Family Labor.
Initial research has found that young heterosexual adults, many who are college attending and with the potential for high earnings, predict their future household will still involve a woman doing more chores than a male partner. However, prior scholarship has been primarily focused on Western countr...
| Publicado en: | Sex Roles Vol. 90; no. 1; pp. 151 - 166 |
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