A Push toward Equality: Processes among Dual-Career Newlywed Couples in Collectivist Culture

Autor/inn/en	Quek, Karen Mui-Teng; Knudson-Martin, Carmen
Titel	A Push toward Equality: Processes among Dual-Career Newlywed Couples in Collectivist Culture
Quelle	In: Journal of Marriage and Family, 68 (2006) 1, S.56-69 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-2445
DOI	10.1111/j.1741-3737.2006.00233.x
Schlagwörter	Employed Parents; Sex Fairness; Marriage; Family Work Relationship; Foreign Countries; Singapore + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sexualaufklärung; Ehe; Ausland; Singapur
Abstract	This study examines gender construction among dual-career newlywed couples in a collectivist culture. A qualitative analysis of in-depth interviews with 20 heterosexual Singaporean couples reveals aspects of the collectivist norms (e.g., doing family, we-consciousness, marrying one's equal) that are favorable toward the development of gender equality. Additionally, as couples respond to the political and social pulls of economic development, they begin to organize their relationship around both careers. Incorporating egalitarian values becomes a pragmatic move carried out through five direct processes: (a) career as central to the relationship, (b) flexible allocation of household duties, (c) open dialogue regarding conflict, (d) equal say in decision making, and (e) internal self-reflection. Implications for future research are addressed. (Author).
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