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A Push Toward Equality: Processes Among Dual-Career Newlywed Couples in Collectivist Culture /

개인저자
Quek, Karen Mui-Teng ;, Knudson-Martin, Carmen
수록페이지
56-69 p.
발행일자
2006.02.24
출판사
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
초록
[영문]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.