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Elite Careers and Family Commitment: It’s (Still) about Gender

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  • Scott Coltrane

    (Center for Family Studies at the University of California, Riverside (UCR).)

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Men and women are increasingly likely to pursue careers in elite professions, but gendered expectations about homemaking and breadwinning continue to shape opportunities for professional advancement and individual decisions to marry, have children, regulate employment hours, or use “family-friendly†programs. This article describes how the Victorian ideology of separate spheres and other gendered beliefs and practices have spawned a modern-day “career advancement double standard†in which professional women who marry or have children are considered less serious about their careers, whereas professional men who marry or become fathers are considered more likely candidates for promotion. Trends in the general population toward more gender equality in labor force attachment and family labor sharing are compared to slower changes among elite professionals such as doctors, lawyers, and bankers.

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  • Scott Coltrane, 2004. "Elite Careers and Family Commitment: It’s (Still) about Gender," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 596(1), pages 214-220, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:anname:v:596:y:2004:i:1:p:214-220
    DOI: 10.1177/0002716204268776
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    1. A. Brugiavini & R. E. Buia & M. Kovacic & C. E. Orso, 2023. "Adverse childhood experiences and unhealthy lifestyles later in life: evidence from SHARE countries," Review of Economics of the Household, Springer, vol. 21(1), pages 1-18, March.

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