Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Latinos in the New Millennium
- 2 A Demographic Profile of Latinos in the United States
- 3 Core Values
- 4 Latino Identities
- 5 Latino Transnationalism
- 6 Intergroup Relations
- 7 Civic Engagement
- 8 Latino Media and Technology Usage
- 9 Voter Registration, Turnout, and Choice
- 10 Evolving Patterns and Preferences in Latino Partisanship
- 11 Latinos and Gender Role Attitudes
- 12 Latino Issues and Policy Preferences
- 13 Hope and Reality in Latino Educational Attainment
- 14 Latinos and the Future of American Politics
- Index
- References
11 - Latinos and Gender Role Attitudes
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Latinos in the New Millennium
- 2 A Demographic Profile of Latinos in the United States
- 3 Core Values
- 4 Latino Identities
- 5 Latino Transnationalism
- 6 Intergroup Relations
- 7 Civic Engagement
- 8 Latino Media and Technology Usage
- 9 Voter Registration, Turnout, and Choice
- 10 Evolving Patterns and Preferences in Latino Partisanship
- 11 Latinos and Gender Role Attitudes
- 12 Latino Issues and Policy Preferences
- 13 Hope and Reality in Latino Educational Attainment
- 14 Latinos and the Future of American Politics
- Index
- References
Summary
The attitudes that people hold with regard to gender roles often have a significant influence on their life experiences, including most aspects of marital and family relationships. They can help continue or can help bring to an end gender-differentiated opportunities and accomplishments in education, employment, and politics. This chapter explores what the LNS respondents regard as proper gender roles, as well as their gender-related attitudes.
Gender roles are sometimes viewed as the division of labor by gender, but feminist scholars argue that this is a simplistic approach that ignores the power relationships that exist between men and women (DeBiaggi 2002; Ridgeway and Correll 2004; McCabe 2005). We use DeBiaggi's (2002, 39) definition of gender roles as “an individual's endorsement of personal characteristics, occupations and behaviors considered appropriate for women and men in a particular culture.” Attitudes toward gender roles range from very traditional ideas to extremely egalitarian views.
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- Latinos in the New MillenniumAn Almanac of Opinion, Behavior, and Policy Preferences, pp. 319 - 344Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011