Mismatch in role expectations (Marital conflict and gender relationships)

Author: Zhang Lixi
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: This book explores the phenomenon of marital conflicts in modern urban dual-earner families in China along the trajectory of the development of gender relationships in Chinese society. In the process of presenting and analyzing the data, it outlines two threads: "Tradition" and "Change." On one hand, the author delves into the profound influence of the male-centered family culture that has existed in Chinese society for thousands of years on gender relationships within the family. On the other hand, it focuses on and discusses the impact and transformation of traditional female roles brought about by the Chinese government's promotion of gender equality policies over the past five decades, as well as the process of "reconstructing" gender relationships and family gender division of labor between spouses.