Many young professionals seek egalitarian partnerships in which both partners work for pay and share unpaid housework and childcare. Yet working couples' realities often deviate from this ideal, with women trading off employment for family care. Will contemporary young adults repeat this pattern, or will they come closer to achieving equality in work and family? Equal Partners? seeks to explore this question.

Drawing on six years of interviews with the partners in twenty-one different-gender couples, Jaclyn S. Wong documents how supportive workplaces, partners' steadfast gender-egalitarian attitudes, and partners' jointly coordinated actions all need to come together for couples to experience gender equality in work and family. This book offers a compelling study of the dynamics of couples in ambitious partnerships who aspire to equality as they navigate the external pressures that come with life planning.

About the Author
Jaclyn S. Wong is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Faculty Affiliate in the Women's and Gender Studies Program at the University of South Carolina.

Reviews
"This book is also a must-read for anyone wondering how much, if anything, has changed in a critical arena of life-and why. Unsurprisingly, I strongly recommend this book to researchers, policymakers, students, and the public." * Social Forces *



Book Information
ISBN 9780520384576
Author Jaclyn S Wong
Format Paperback
Page Count 208
Imprint University of California Press
Publisher University of California Press
Weight(grams) 318g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 25mm