Elite careers and family commitment : it's (still) about gender
By: COLTRANE, Scott
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ArticlePublisher: Thousand Oaks : SAGE, November 2004The Annals of The American Academy of Political and Social Science 596, p. 214-220Abstract: 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 shperes and other gendered beliefs and practices have spawned a modern-day "carrer advancement double standard" in wich professional women who marry or become fathers are considered more likely condidates for promotion. Trends in the generalpopilation toward more gender equality in labor force attachment and family labor shoring are compared to slower changes among elite professionals such as doctors, lawyers, and bankers.
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 shperes and other gendered beliefs and practices have spawned a modern-day "carrer advancement double standard" in wich professional women who marry or become fathers are considered more likely condidates for promotion. Trends in the generalpopilation toward more gender equality in labor force attachment and family labor shoring are compared to slower changes among elite professionals such as doctors, lawyers, and bankers.
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